iShares MSCI Austria ETF (NYSEARCA:EWO) Short Interest Up 61.2% in August

iShares MSCI Austria ETF (NYSEARCA:EWO) saw a large increase in short interest in August. As of August 14th, there was short interest totaling 45,616 shares, an increase of 61.2% from the July 30th total of 28,296 shares. Currently, 1.1% of the company’s shares are sold short. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 101,784 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.4 days.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares MSCI Austria ETF

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of EWO. Zacks Investment Management boosted its holdings in iShares MSCI Austria ETF by 17.8% in the 4th quarter. Zacks Investment Management now owns 53,146 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,885,000 after purchasing an additional 8,043 shares during the last quarter. Focus Partners Wealth purchased a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI Austria ETF in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $1,846,000. Mariner LLC increased its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Austria ETF by 17.4% during the 3rd quarter. Mariner LLC now owns 44,028 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,364,000 after buying an additional 6,516 shares during the last quarter. Jane Street Group LLC increased its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Austria ETF by 90.9% during the 2nd quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 40,407 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,188,000 after buying an additional 19,240 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Avior Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI Austria ETF during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $777,000.

iShares MSCI Austria ETF Stock Up 0.5%

Shares of EWO opened at $43.83 on Wednesday. iShares MSCI Austria ETF has a 52-week low of $30.23 and a 52-week high of $44.60. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $42.86 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $40.01. The company has a market capitalization of $184.09 million, a PE ratio of 11.04 and a beta of 0.80.

iShares MSCI Austria ETF Company Profile

iShares MSCI Austria Capped ETF (the Fund) is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI Austria IMI 25/50 Index (the Underlying Index). The Underlying Index consists of stocks traded on the Vienna Stock Exchange. The Underlying Index is a free-float adjusted market capitalization weighted index with a capping methodology applied to issuer weights so that no single issuer of a component exceeds 25% of the Underlying Index weight and all issuers with weight above 5% do not exceed 50% of the Underlying Index weight.