iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:HEFA) Sees Large Increase in Short Interest

iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:HEFA) was the target of a large growth in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totaling 1,014,326 shares, a growth of 87.0% from the September 15th total of 542,378 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 505,783 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.0 days. Currently, 0.6% of the company’s stock are sold short.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. CX Institutional increased its position in shares of iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF by 47.3% during the third quarter. CX Institutional now owns 403,920 shares of the company’s stock worth $18,738,000 after acquiring an additional 129,642 shares in the last quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF by 43.8% in the 3rd quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 289,601 shares of the company’s stock worth $13,435,000 after acquiring an additional 88,207 shares during the last quarter. Crescent Grove Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF by 7.5% in the 1st quarter. Crescent Grove Advisors LLC now owns 218,230 shares of the company’s stock worth $9,274,000 after acquiring an additional 15,279 shares during the last quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its position in iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF by 49.3% in the 1st quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 118,144 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,021,000 after acquiring an additional 39,002 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Ascentis Independent Advisors lifted its position in iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF by 21.8% in the 1st quarter. Ascentis Independent Advisors now owns 49,439 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,101,000 after acquiring an additional 8,843 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF Trading Down 0.5%

Shares of HEFA stock opened at $46.30 on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of $7.80 billion, a PE ratio of 15.74 and a beta of 0.67. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $46.92 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $45.88. iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF has a 12 month low of $39.92 and a 12 month high of $47.99.

iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF Company Profile

The iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF (HEFA) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in total market equity. The fund tracks a market cap-weighted, USD-hedged index of large- and mid-cap stocks from developed countries outside the US and Canada. HEFA was launched on Jan 31, 2014 and is managed by BlackRock.