iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF (BATS:ESML) Shares Shorted: Short Interest Down 39.9% in September

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF (BATS:ESML) was the recipient of a significant drop in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totaling 100,578 shares, a drop of 39.9% from the September 15th total of 167,350 shares. Currently, 0.2% of the company’s stock are short sold. Based on an average trading volume of 149,664 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.7 days.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Birchwood Financial Partners Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF during the 4th quarter worth $2,546,000. Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc. acquired a new position in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF during the first quarter worth $1,445,000. Atomic Invest LLC purchased a new position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF in the second quarter valued at $442,000. Aureus Asset Management LLC purchased a new position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF in the first quarter valued at $367,000. Finally, Blue Edge Capital LLC increased its holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF by 20.3% in the second quarter. Blue Edge Capital LLC now owns 27,866 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,559,000 after buying an additional 4,694 shares during the last quarter.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF Stock Up 1.6%

BATS ESML opened at $52.58 on Friday. iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF has a 52 week low of $42.87 and a 52 week high of $56.75. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.35 billion, a PE ratio of 17.85 and a beta of 1.08. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $54.06 and a two-hundred day moving average of $53.10.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF Company Profile

The iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF (ESML) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in small-cap stocks. The fund tracks an index of US small-cap companies with high environmental, social, and governance factor scores as determined by MSCI. ESML was launched on Apr 10, 2018 and is managed by BlackRock.