iShares Emerging Markets Equity Factor ETF (BATS:EMGF) Short Interest Up 77.6% in July

iShares Emerging Markets Equity Factor ETF (BATS:EMGF) was the target of a significant increase in short interest in July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 37,760 shares, an increase of 77.6% from the June 30th total of 21,261 shares. Approximately 0.2% of the company’s stock are short sold. Based on an average trading volume of 214,526 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.2 days.

iShares Emerging Markets Equity Factor ETF Trading Up 3.6%

BATS EMGF opened at $67.49 on Friday. iShares Emerging Markets Equity Factor ETF has a 12-month low of $51.84 and a 12-month high of $76.58. The company has a market cap of $1.19 billion, a P/E ratio of 13.32 and a beta of 0.59. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $71.45 and a 200 day simple moving average of $66.94.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On iShares Emerging Markets Equity Factor ETF

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of EMGF. Kickstand Ventures LLC. lifted its position in shares of iShares Emerging Markets Equity Factor ETF by 0.7% during the fourth quarter. Kickstand Ventures LLC. now owns 22,519 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,303,000 after purchasing an additional 158 shares in the last quarter. Hirtle Callaghan & Co LLC lifted its stake in iShares Emerging Markets Equity Factor ETF by 1.7% in the fourth quarter. Hirtle Callaghan & Co LLC now owns 21,314 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,233,000 after purchasing an additional 350 shares during the last quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors lifted its position in shares of iShares Emerging Markets Equity Factor ETF by 2.2% during the 4th quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 18,741 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,084,000 after buying an additional 398 shares during the last quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in iShares Emerging Markets Equity Factor ETF by 38.3% during the first quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 1,606 shares of the company’s stock valued at $97,000 after purchasing an additional 445 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Worth Asset Management LLC boosted its holdings in iShares Emerging Markets Equity Factor ETF by 7.8% in the 2nd quarter. Worth Asset Management LLC now owns 9,028 shares of the company’s stock worth $661,000 after buying an additional 650 shares during the period.

iShares Emerging Markets Equity Factor ETF Company Profile

The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Multifactor ETF (EMGF) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI EM Diversified Multiple-Factor index. The fund tracks an index of large- and mid-cap emerging market firms, selected and weighted to increase exposure to quality, value, momentum and size. EMGF was launched on Dec 8, 2015 and is managed by BlackRock.