iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF (NASDAQ:AAXJ) Short Interest Up 148.5% in June

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF (NASDAQ:AAXJ) was the recipient of a large growth in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 810,467 shares, a growth of 148.5% from the May 31st total of 326,144 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 724,656 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.1 days. Approximately 2.3% of the shares of the company are short sold.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in AAXJ. Glenmede Trust Co. NA grew its stake in shares of iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF by 5.4% during the 1st quarter. Glenmede Trust Co. NA now owns 8,243 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $794,000 after acquiring an additional 422 shares during the period. Ameriprise Financial Inc. lifted its holdings in iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF by 2.4% during the second quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 19,330 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,597,000 after purchasing an additional 459 shares during the last quarter. Rathbones Group PLC boosted its position in iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF by 4.4% during the third quarter. Rathbones Group PLC now owns 21,230 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,937,000 after purchasing an additional 898 shares during the period. Russell Investments Group Ltd. boosted its position in iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF by 81.6% during the fourth quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. now owns 2,827 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $263,000 after purchasing an additional 1,270 shares during the period. Finally, Saranac Partners Ltd purchased a new position in shares of iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF in the third quarter worth about $228,000.

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF Trading Down 1.9%

Shares of NASDAQ:AAXJ traded down $2.22 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, reaching $117.11. The company had a trading volume of 211,151 shares, compared to its average volume of 898,257. iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF has a one year low of $81.90 and a one year high of $124.89. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $115.56 and its 200-day moving average price is $104.82. The firm has a market cap of $4.12 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.30 and a beta of 0.72.

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 18th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 15th were given a $0.4208 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 15th.

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF Company Profile

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF (the Fund), formerly The iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, of the MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan Index (the Index). The Index is a free-float adjusted market capitalization index designed to measure equity market performance of the 12 countries, such as Australia, China, Honk Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand.