Short Interest in iShares US & Intl High Yield Corp Bond ETF (BATS:GHYG) Declines By 66.3%

iShares US & Intl High Yield Corp Bond ETF (BATS:GHYG) was the recipient of a large decline in short interest in the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 663 shares, a decline of 66.3% from the June 15th total of 1,969 shares. Currently, 0.0% of the shares of the company are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 10,952 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.1 days.

iShares US & Intl High Yield Corp Bond ETF Stock Performance

Shares of GHYG opened at $45.14 on Monday. iShares US & Intl High Yield Corp Bond ETF has a 12 month low of $44.39 and a 12 month high of $46.88. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $45.26 and its 200-day moving average is $45.62. The stock has a market capitalization of $162.50 million, a PE ratio of 11.09 and a beta of 0.44.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On iShares US & Intl High Yield Corp Bond ETF

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Jones Financial Companies Lllp lifted its position in shares of iShares US & Intl High Yield Corp Bond ETF by 18,748.0% during the 1st quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 9,424 shares of the company’s stock valued at $420,000 after acquiring an additional 9,374 shares during the period. Bank of New York Mellon Corp lifted its position in iShares US & Intl High Yield Corp Bond ETF by 110.3% during the first quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 15,098 shares of the company’s stock worth $681,000 after purchasing an additional 7,920 shares during the period. Hilltop Partners LLC grew its stake in iShares US & Intl High Yield Corp Bond ETF by 2.8% during the third quarter. Hilltop Partners LLC now owns 183,354 shares of the company’s stock worth $8,533,000 after buying an additional 4,946 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Ameriprise Financial Inc. grew its stake in iShares US & Intl High Yield Corp Bond ETF by 11.2% during the third quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 556,153 shares of the company’s stock worth $25,878,000 after buying an additional 56,213 shares in the last quarter.

iShares US & Intl High Yield Corp Bond ETF Company Profile

The iShares US & Intl High Yield Corp Bond ETF (GHYG) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in high yield fixed income. The fund tracks a market-value-weighted index of high-yield bonds issued in developed markets and denominated in local currencies. GHYG was launched on Apr 3, 2012 and is managed by BlackRock.