iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:IVV) Shares Shorted: Short Interest Up 61.6% in October

iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:IVV) saw a significant growth in short interest during the month of October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totaling 6,887,528 shares, a growth of 61.6% from the September 30th total of 4,262,559 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 4,800,021 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.4 days. Currently, 0.6% of the company’s stock are sold short.

Institutional Trading of iShares Core S&P 500 ETF

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. grew its position in iShares Core S&P 500 ETF by 25.6% in the second quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 41,391,871 shares of the ETF’s stock worth $30,997,946,000 after buying an additional 8,432,228 shares during the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. lifted its position in shares of iShares Core S&P 500 ETF by 1.2% during the 2nd quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 35,018,846 shares of the ETF’s stock valued at $26,225,264,000 after acquiring an additional 421,146 shares during the last quarter. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of iShares Core S&P 500 ETF by 17.2% during the 3rd quarter. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC now owns 21,395,674 shares of the ETF’s stock valued at $16,380,993,000 after acquiring an additional 3,141,233 shares during the last quarter. Capula Management Ltd lifted its position in shares of iShares Core S&P 500 ETF by 1,374.6% during the 1st quarter. Capula Management Ltd now owns 9,094,984 shares of the ETF’s stock valued at $5,940,934,000 after acquiring an additional 8,478,226 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Allianz Asset Management GmbH boosted its stake in shares of iShares Core S&P 500 ETF by 386.5% during the 2nd quarter. Allianz Asset Management GmbH now owns 4,777,691 shares of the ETF’s stock worth $3,577,965,000 after acquiring an additional 3,795,730 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 70.12% of the company’s stock.

iShares Core S&P 500 ETF Trading Up 0.2%

NYSEARCA IVV opened at $756.79 on Tuesday. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $770.58 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $732.10. iShares Core S&P 500 ETF has a 12-month low of $632.14 and a 12-month high of $785.03. The firm has a market capitalization of $867.73 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.10 and a beta of 1.00.

About iShares Core S&P 500 ETF

iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (the Fund) is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (the Index). The Index measures the performance of the large-capitalization sector of the United States equity market. The component stocks are weighted according to the total float-adjusted market value of their outstanding shares. The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index.