iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:HSCZ) Short Interest Update

iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:HSCZ) was the recipient of a significant growth in short interest in the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 66,754 shares, a growth of 96.8% from the July 15th total of 33,927 shares. Currently, 1.2% of the shares of the company are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 53,598 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.2 days.

iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF Trading Down 0.1%

Shares of HSCZ traded down $0.05 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $44.25. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 21,534 shares, compared to its average volume of 25,308. iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF has a 1-year low of $36.58 and a 1-year high of $44.42. The stock has a market cap of $248.24 million, a P/E ratio of 14.36 and a beta of 0.61. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $43.12 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $42.02.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Creative Financial Designs Inc. ADV increased its holdings in shares of iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF by 191.0% in the fourth quarter. Creative Financial Designs Inc. ADV now owns 5,019 shares of the company’s stock valued at $195,000 after purchasing an additional 3,294 shares during the last quarter. First PREMIER Bank grew its stake in iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF by 28.9% in the 1st quarter. First PREMIER Bank now owns 39,316 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,560,000 after buying an additional 8,825 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Flow Traders U.S. LLC raised its holdings in iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF by 116.8% in the 3rd quarter. Flow Traders U.S. LLC now owns 54,023 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,032,000 after acquiring an additional 29,101 shares during the period.

About iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF

The iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF (HSCZ) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in small-cap stocks. The fund tracks an index of small-cap stocks from developed markets outside the US and Canada, hedged against movements in the underlying currencies for US investors. HSCZ was launched on Jul 1, 2015 and is managed by BlackRock.