iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SUSB) Short Interest Update

iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SUSB) was the recipient of a large increase in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 42,819 shares, an increase of 321.9% from the April 15th total of 10,150 shares. Currently, 0.1% of the company’s shares are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 90,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.5 days.

iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF Trading Down 0.1%

SUSB stock traded down $0.03 during mid-day trading on Thursday, hitting $24.95. 69,545 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 142,540. iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF has a 12-month low of $24.83 and a 12-month high of $25.39. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $25.05 and a 200-day simple moving average of $25.19.

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

The company also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, May 6th. Stockholders of record on Friday, May 1st were given a dividend of $0.0957 per share. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.6%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, May 1st.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. Ameriprise Financial Inc. boosted its holdings in iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 3.8% during the 2nd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 779,912 shares of the company’s stock valued at $20,292,000 after acquiring an additional 28,670 shares during the period. WFA of San Diego LLC purchased a new stake in iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF during the second quarter worth about $138,000. Grey Fox Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF during the third quarter worth about $107,000. Valeo Financial Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 1.9% during the third quarter. Valeo Financial Advisors LLC now owns 45,899 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,162,000 after purchasing an additional 859 shares in the last quarter. Finally, LRI Investments LLC lifted its position in shares of iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 11.2% during the third quarter. LRI Investments LLC now owns 10,374 shares of the company’s stock worth $263,000 after purchasing an additional 1,048 shares in the last quarter.

iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF Company Profile

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.