iShares MSCI Japan Value ETF (NASDAQ:EWJV) Sees Significant Drop in Short Interest

iShares MSCI Japan Value ETF (NASDAQ:EWJV) saw a significant decline in short interest during the month of February. As of February 27th, there was short interest totaling 50,331 shares, a decline of 92.1% from the February 12th total of 637,524 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 243,453 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.2 days. Approximately 0.4% of the shares of the stock are short sold. Approximately 0.4% of the shares of the stock are short sold. Based on an average trading volume of 243,453 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.2 days.

iShares MSCI Japan Value ETF Price Performance

Shares of EWJV opened at $43.10 on Wednesday. The company has a market capitalization of $603.40 million, a P/E ratio of 10.93 and a beta of 0.49. iShares MSCI Japan Value ETF has a one year low of $28.84 and a one year high of $47.69. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $43.47 and its 200-day simple moving average is $40.85.

iShares MSCI Japan Value ETF Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 19th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 16th were given a $1.7492 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 16th. This represents a yield of 882.0%.

Institutional Trading of iShares MSCI Japan Value ETF

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in EWJV. Bank of America Corp DE increased its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Japan Value ETF by 29.3% in the third quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 1,038,103 shares of the company’s stock valued at $40,541,000 after buying an additional 235,301 shares in the last quarter. Flow Traders U.S. LLC lifted its position in iShares MSCI Japan Value ETF by 38.0% during the 3rd quarter. Flow Traders U.S. LLC now owns 446,596 shares of the company’s stock worth $17,441,000 after buying an additional 122,887 shares in the last quarter. Guardian Partners Inc. grew its holdings in iShares MSCI Japan Value ETF by 933.4% during the 3rd quarter. Guardian Partners Inc. now owns 427,575 shares of the company’s stock worth $16,576,000 after acquiring an additional 386,199 shares during the last quarter. Jane Street Group LLC grew its holdings in iShares MSCI Japan Value ETF by 121.5% during the 1st quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 159,833 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,318,000 after acquiring an additional 87,663 shares during the last quarter. Finally, OLD Mission Capital LLC increased its position in iShares MSCI Japan Value ETF by 968.3% in the 4th quarter. OLD Mission Capital LLC now owns 142,657 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,667,000 after acquiring an additional 129,303 shares in the last quarter.

About iShares MSCI Japan Value ETF

The iShares MSCI Japan Value ETF (EWJV) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI Japan Value index. The fund tracks a multi-factor-selected, market cap-weighted portfolio of Japanese equities. EWJV was launched on Mar 5, 2019 and is managed by BlackRock.