iShares Morningstar Value ETF (NYSEARCA:ILCV) Short Interest Update

iShares Morningstar Value ETF (NYSEARCA:ILCV) was the recipient of a significant decrease in short interest during the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 10,894 shares, a decrease of 65.2% from the July 15th total of 31,333 shares. Approximately 0.1% of the company’s stock are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 20,671 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.5 days.

Institutional Trading of iShares Morningstar Value ETF

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in ILCV. Mariner LLC raised its holdings in iShares Morningstar Value ETF by 0.3% in the third quarter. Mariner LLC now owns 37,590 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,384,000 after acquiring an additional 115 shares in the last quarter. IFP Advisors Inc increased its position in shares of iShares Morningstar Value ETF by 75.1% in the 4th quarter. IFP Advisors Inc now owns 373 shares of the company’s stock worth $35,000 after purchasing an additional 160 shares during the last quarter. Flagstar Advisors Inc. raised its stake in shares of iShares Morningstar Value ETF by 3.0% in the 1st quarter. Flagstar Advisors Inc. now owns 5,535 shares of the company’s stock valued at $516,000 after purchasing an additional 162 shares in the last quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. lifted its position in shares of iShares Morningstar Value ETF by 212.2% during the first quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 306 shares of the company’s stock worth $29,000 after purchasing an additional 208 shares during the last quarter. Finally, MML Investors Services LLC lifted its position in shares of iShares Morningstar Value ETF by 0.4% during the fourth quarter. MML Investors Services LLC now owns 59,749 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,638,000 after purchasing an additional 210 shares during the last quarter.

iShares Morningstar Value ETF Trading Up 0.1%

ILCV stock traded up $0.06 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $108.21. 14,117 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 38,516. iShares Morningstar Value ETF has a 12-month low of $86.12 and a 12-month high of $108.41. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $103.46 and a 200-day moving average price of $99.39. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.36 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.33 and a beta of 0.80.

About iShares Morningstar Value ETF

The iShares Morningstar Value ETF (ILCV) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in total market equity. The fund tracks a market cap-weighted index of value stocks, selected from the top 90% of the US market-cap spectrum. ILCV was launched on Jun 28, 2004 and is managed by BlackRock.