iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF (NASDAQ:IUSV) Short Interest Update

iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF (NASDAQ:IUSV) was the target of a significant growth in short interest in May. As of May 29th, there was short interest totaling 527,370 shares, a growth of 98.3% from the May 14th total of 265,992 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 539,095 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.0 days. Approximately 0.2% of the company’s stock are short sold.

iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF Stock Up 0.1%

Shares of IUSV stock traded up $0.16 on Tuesday, reaching $111.03. The stock had a trading volume of 519,860 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,015,201. iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF has a 12 month low of $91.88 and a 12 month high of $111.50. The firm has a market capitalization of $26.28 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.41 and a beta of 0.83. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $108.02 and its two-hundred day moving average is $105.57.

iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, June 18th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 15th will be paid a $0.4504 dividend. This is a positive change from iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.39. This represents a $1.80 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.6%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, June 15th.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in IUSV. Auto Owners Insurance Co raised its stake in iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF by 15,983.5% in the 4th quarter. Auto Owners Insurance Co now owns 138,961,020 shares of the company’s stock valued at $13,896,102,000 after acquiring an additional 138,097,020 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE increased its holdings in shares of iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF by 7.8% in the third quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 80,233,541 shares of the company’s stock valued at $8,019,342,000 after purchasing an additional 5,830,890 shares during the last quarter. Valpey Financial Services LLC increased its holdings in shares of iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF by 10,060.9% in the fourth quarter. Valpey Financial Services LLC now owns 2,962,216 shares of the company’s stock valued at $303,746,000 after purchasing an additional 2,933,063 shares during the last quarter. Venturi Wealth Management LLC raised its position in shares of iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF by 455.2% in the fourth quarter. Venturi Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,297,346 shares of the company’s stock valued at $133,030,000 after purchasing an additional 1,063,672 shares during the period. Finally, Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF by 8,501.9% in the fourth quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 695,290 shares of the company’s stock valued at $71,295,000 after purchasing an additional 687,207 shares during the period.

iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF Company Profile

The iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF (IUSV) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the S&P 900 Value index. The fund tracks an index of large- and mid-cap value stocks in the US. The index selects from stocks ranked 1-3000 by market-cap based on 3 value factors. IUSV was launched on Jul 24, 2000 and is managed by BlackRock.