iShares MSCI Japan Value ETF (NASDAQ:EWJV) Short Interest Update

iShares MSCI Japan Value ETF (NASDAQ:EWJV) was the recipient of a significant decline in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 61,199 shares, a decline of 64.9% from the April 30th total of 174,275 shares. Currently, 0.4% of the company’s shares are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 355,526 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.2 days.

iShares MSCI Japan Value ETF Trading Down 0.6%

Shares of NASDAQ EWJV traded down $0.29 during trading hours on Monday, reaching $45.23. The stock had a trading volume of 138,354 shares, compared to its average volume of 229,351. The firm has a market cap of $764.39 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.93 and a beta of 0.46. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $43.65 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $42.59. iShares MSCI Japan Value ETF has a 52-week low of $33.50 and a 52-week high of $47.69.

Institutional Trading of iShares MSCI Japan Value ETF

Large investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its holdings in iShares MSCI Japan Value ETF by 29.3% during the third quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 1,038,103 shares of the company’s stock worth $40,541,000 after buying an additional 235,301 shares during the period. Flow Traders U.S. LLC lifted its holdings in iShares MSCI Japan Value ETF by 38.0% during the third 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 during the period. Guardian Partners Inc. lifted its holdings in iShares MSCI Japan Value ETF by 933.4% during the third quarter. Guardian Partners Inc. now owns 427,575 shares of the company’s stock worth $16,576,000 after buying an additional 386,199 shares during the period. Jane Street Group LLC lifted its holdings in iShares MSCI Japan Value ETF by 121.5% during the first quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 159,833 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,318,000 after buying an additional 87,663 shares during the period. Finally, OLD Mission Capital LLC lifted its holdings in iShares MSCI Japan Value ETF by 968.3% during the fourth quarter. OLD Mission Capital LLC now owns 142,657 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,667,000 after buying an additional 129,303 shares during the period.

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.