iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SUSB) Short Interest Update

iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SUSB) was the target of a large increase in short interest in the month of May. As of May 29th, there was short interest totaling 2,028,304 shares, an increase of 5,509.7% from the May 14th total of 36,157 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,338,172 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.5 days. Currently, 4.7% of the company’s stock are short sold.

Institutional Trading of iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF

Several hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of SUSB. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its position in iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 15.3% in the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 429,464 shares of the company’s stock valued at $10,870,000 after purchasing an additional 57,108 shares during the period. Bank of New York Mellon Corp raised its position in iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 8.3% in the 1st quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 670,797 shares of the company’s stock valued at $16,814,000 after buying an additional 51,627 shares during the last quarter. ST Germain D J Co. Inc. raised its position in iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 12.3% in the 4th quarter. ST Germain D J Co. Inc. now owns 437,666 shares of the company’s stock valued at $11,047,000 after buying an additional 47,877 shares during the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. raised its position in iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 4.1% in the 3rd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 812,047 shares of the company’s stock valued at $20,545,000 after buying an additional 32,135 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Fisher Asset Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 7.4% in the fourth quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 259,438 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,548,000 after purchasing an additional 17,902 shares during the last quarter.

iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF Stock Performance

NASDAQ SUSB traded up $0.02 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, hitting $24.89. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 232,922 shares, compared to its average volume of 256,734. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $25.00 and its 200 day simple moving average is $25.15. iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF has a twelve month low of $24.84 and a twelve month high of $25.39.

iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 4th. Investors of record on Monday, June 1st were given a $0.0842 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 1st.

iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF Company Profile

The iShares ESG 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF (SUSB) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in investment grade fixed income. The fund tracks an index of USD-denominated, investment-grade, short-term corporate debt, selected based on positive ESG characteristics. Holdings are optimally weighted to provide a similar risk and return of the Bloomberg US Corporate 1-5 years Index. SUSB was launched on Jul 11, 2017 and is managed by BlackRock.