iShares 1-3 Year International Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:ISHG) Short Interest Update

iShares 1-3 Year International Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:ISHG) was the target of a large drop in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 10,405 shares, a drop of 73.7% from the August 15th total of 39,489 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 98,675 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.1 days. Approximately 0.1% of the company’s stock are sold short.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Captrust Financial Advisors grew its position in iShares 1-3 Year International Treasury Bond ETF by 3.0% in the 4th quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 5,551 shares of the company’s stock worth $418,000 after purchasing an additional 162 shares in the last quarter. Cary Street Partners Financial LLC lifted its position in shares of iShares 1-3 Year International Treasury Bond ETF by 3.1% during the 4th quarter. Cary Street Partners Financial LLC now owns 21,770 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,638,000 after buying an additional 650 shares in the last quarter. Advisory Services Network LLC lifted its position in shares of iShares 1-3 Year International Treasury Bond ETF by 7.7% during the 4th quarter. Advisory Services Network LLC now owns 33,109 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,491,000 after buying an additional 2,372 shares in the last quarter. IMA Advisory Services Inc. purchased a new position in shares of iShares 1-3 Year International Treasury Bond ETF in the 1st quarter worth approximately $237,000. Finally, Monograph Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of iShares 1-3 Year International Treasury Bond ETF in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $501,000.

iShares 1-3 Year International Treasury Bond ETF Price Performance

ISHG traded up $0.03 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $75.75. 33,414 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 96,958. iShares 1-3 Year International Treasury Bond ETF has a 1 year low of $73.47 and a 1 year high of $77.72. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $75.19 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $75.14.

About iShares 1-3 Year International Treasury Bond ETF

iShares 1-3 Year International Treasury Bond ETF (the Fund), formerly iShares S&P/Citigroup 1-3 Year International Treasury Bond Fund, is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the S&P/Citigroup International Treasury Bond Index Ex-US 1-3 Year (the Index). The Index is a diverse, market value-weighted index designed to measure the performance of treasury bonds issued in local currencies by developed market countries outside the United States that have a remaining maturity of greater than 1 year and less than or equal to 3 years.