iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SUSB) Sees Large Drop in Short Interest

iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SUSB) was the recipient of a significant decrease in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 60,898 shares, a decrease of 79.5% from the December 15th total of 297,722 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 134,180 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.5 days. Approximately 0.1% of the shares of the company are short sold. Approximately 0.1% of the shares of the company are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 134,180 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.5 days.

iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF Trading Up 0.0%

Shares of SUSB stock opened at $25.27 on Thursday. iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF has a twelve month low of $24.58 and a twelve month high of $25.38. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $25.24 and a 200 day moving average of $25.22.

iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, December 24th. Investors of record on Friday, December 19th were paid a $0.0973 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, December 19th. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.6%. This is an increase from iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.09.

Institutional Trading of iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in SUSB. Rossby Financial LCC acquired a new position in shares of iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF in the third quarter worth about $63,000. Ameriflex Group Inc. increased its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 102.0% in the 3rd quarter. Ameriflex Group Inc. now owns 2,925 shares of the company’s stock valued at $74,000 after purchasing an additional 1,477 shares in the last quarter. Grey Fox Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new position in iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF in the 3rd quarter worth about $107,000. Motco boosted its position in iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 31.5% during the second quarter. Motco now owns 4,408 shares of the company’s stock worth $111,000 after purchasing an additional 1,056 shares in the last quarter. Finally, VSM Wealth Advisory LLC boosted its position in iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 16.2% during the third quarter. VSM Wealth Advisory LLC now owns 4,553 shares of the company’s stock worth $115,000 after purchasing an additional 635 shares in the last quarter.

About iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF

The iShares ESG 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF (SUSB) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in investment grade fixed income. The fund tracks an index of USD-denominated, investment-grade, short-term corporate debt, selected based on positive ESG characteristics. Holdings are optimally weighted to provide a similar risk and return of the Bloomberg US Corporate 1-5 years Index. SUSB was launched on Jul 11, 2017 and is managed by BlackRock.