iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF (BATS:ESML) Stock Short Interest Report for September

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF (BATS:ESML) was the recipient of a significant decline in short interest during the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totaling 100,578 shares, a decline of 39.9% from the September 15th total of 167,350 shares. Currently, 0.2% of the company’s stock are sold short. Based on an average trading volume of 149,664 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.7 days.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Birchwood Financial Partners Inc. raised its position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF by 78.8% in the first quarter. Birchwood Financial Partners Inc. now owns 99,013 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,656,000 after purchasing an additional 43,642 shares in the last quarter. Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc. acquired a new stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF during the first quarter valued at approximately $1,445,000. Sherman Asset Management Inc. boosted its holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF by 34.6% during the first quarter. Sherman Asset Management Inc. now owns 3,307 shares of the company’s stock valued at $155,000 after purchasing an additional 851 shares in the last quarter. Blue Edge Capital LLC boosted its holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF by 20.3% during the second quarter. Blue Edge Capital LLC now owns 27,866 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,559,000 after purchasing an additional 4,694 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Operose Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF by 41.7% in the 2nd quarter. Operose Advisors LLC now owns 1,101 shares of the company’s stock valued at $62,000 after purchasing an additional 324 shares during the period.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF Stock Performance

Shares of BATS:ESML traded down $0.68 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $51.90. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 77,369 shares, compared to its average volume of 168,159. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $53.99 and its 200 day simple moving average is $53.09. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.31 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.85 and a beta of 1.08. iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF has a fifty-two week low of $42.87 and a fifty-two week high of $56.75.

About iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF

The iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF (ESML) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in small-cap stocks. The fund tracks an index of US small-cap companies with high environmental, social, and governance factor scores as determined by MSCI. ESML was launched on Apr 10, 2018 and is managed by BlackRock.