iShares Core 80/20 Aggressive Allocation ETF (NYSEARCA:AOA) Short Interest Update

iShares Core 80/20 Aggressive Allocation ETF (NYSEARCA:AOA) was the recipient of a significant growth in short interest during the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 104,916 shares, a growth of 390.7% from the August 31st total of 21,381 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 131,362 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.8 days. Currently, 0.3% of the company’s stock are short sold.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Continuum Advisory LLC bought a new position in iShares Core 80/20 Aggressive Allocation ETF during the second quarter valued at approximately $44,000. Weitzel Financial Services Inc. raised its stake in iShares Core 80/20 Aggressive Allocation ETF by 10.1% during the 2nd quarter. Weitzel Financial Services Inc. now owns 9,611 shares of the company’s stock valued at $928,000 after buying an additional 879 shares during the last quarter. Worth Asset Management LLC raised its stake in iShares Core 80/20 Aggressive Allocation ETF by 0.6% during the 2nd quarter. Worth Asset Management LLC now owns 23,586 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,302,000 after buying an additional 139 shares during the last quarter. CX Institutional lifted its holdings in shares of iShares Core 80/20 Aggressive Allocation ETF by 201.0% during the 2nd quarter. CX Institutional now owns 82,700 shares of the company’s stock valued at $8,072,000 after buying an additional 55,223 shares during the period. Finally, Parallel Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares Core 80/20 Aggressive Allocation ETF by 33.0% during the 1st quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 2,845 shares of the company’s stock valued at $252,000 after buying an additional 706 shares during the period.

iShares Core 80/20 Aggressive Allocation ETF Price Performance

Shares of iShares Core 80/20 Aggressive Allocation ETF stock traded up $0.57 during trading on Friday, hitting $98.44. 160,702 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 127,335. iShares Core 80/20 Aggressive Allocation ETF has a 1 year low of $85.89 and a 1 year high of $100.03. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $98.23 and a 200-day simple moving average of $95.74. The stock has a market capitalization of $3.30 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.50 and a beta of 0.78.

iShares Core 80/20 Aggressive Allocation ETF Company Profile

iShares Aggressive Allocation ETF (the Fund), formerly iShares S&P Aggressive Allocation Fund, is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the S&P Target Risk Aggressive Index (the Aggressive Allocation Index). The Aggressive Allocation Index seeks to measure the performance of an asset allocation strategy targeted to an aggressive risk profile. The Fund is designed for investors seeking long-term capital appreciation.