FlexShares STOXX US ESG Select Index Fund (BATS:ESG) Short Interest Update

FlexShares STOXX US ESG Select Index Fund (BATS:ESG) saw a large increase in short interest in August. As of August 14th, there was short interest totaling 449 shares, an increase of 75.4% from the July 30th total of 256 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 357 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.3 days. Approximately 0.1% of the company’s stock are sold short.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On FlexShares STOXX US ESG Select Index Fund

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Farther Finance Advisors LLC lifted its position in FlexShares STOXX US ESG Select Index Fund by 46.5% in the 4th quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 293 shares of the company’s stock valued at $46,000 after acquiring an additional 93 shares in the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. increased its holdings in shares of FlexShares STOXX US ESG Select Index Fund by 4.6% in the 3rd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 2,844 shares of the company’s stock worth $439,000 after purchasing an additional 124 shares in the last quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers raised its stake in shares of FlexShares STOXX US ESG Select Index Fund by 4.6% in the first quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 3,551 shares of the company’s stock worth $539,000 after purchasing an additional 157 shares during the last quarter. SGL Investment Advisors Inc. raised its stake in shares of FlexShares STOXX US ESG Select Index Fund by 2.9% in the fourth quarter. SGL Investment Advisors Inc. now owns 6,189 shares of the company’s stock worth $983,000 after purchasing an additional 176 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada lifted its holdings in shares of FlexShares STOXX US ESG Select Index Fund by 2.8% during the first quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 6,538 shares of the company’s stock valued at $879,000 after purchasing an additional 179 shares in the last quarter.

FlexShares STOXX US ESG Select Index Fund Trading Down 0.1%

Shares of BATS:ESG opened at $182.05 on Tuesday. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $178.00 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $168.69. The stock has a market capitalization of $150.19 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.02 and a beta of 1.04. FlexShares STOXX US ESG Select Index Fund has a 12-month low of $148.19 and a 12-month high of $184.01.

About FlexShares STOXX US ESG Select Index Fund

The FlexShares STOXX US ESG Select Index Fund (ESG) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the STOXX USA ESG Select KPIs index. The fund follows a principles-based index composed of US-listed companies that exhibit environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) characteristics. ESG was launched on Jul 13, 2016 and is managed by FlexShares.