Short Interest in iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF (NASDAQ:SUSL) Rises By 41.9%

iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF (NASDAQ:SUSL) was the target of a significant increase in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 19,300 shares, an increase of 41.9% from the December 15th total of 13,600 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 34,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.6 days.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Private Advisor Group LLC grew its position in iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF by 12.9% in the third quarter. Private Advisor Group LLC now owns 8,203 shares of the company’s stock worth $833,000 after acquiring an additional 940 shares in the last quarter. US Bancorp DE boosted its holdings in iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF by 104.3% in the third quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 2,100 shares of the company’s stock worth $213,000 after purchasing an additional 1,072 shares in the last quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. increased its position in iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF by 16.0% during the third quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 99,958 shares of the company’s stock worth $10,148,000 after buying an additional 13,791 shares during the last quarter. Ridgeline Wealth LLC bought a new position in iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF during the fourth quarter valued at about $345,000. Finally, Redhawk Wealth Advisors Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF in the third quarter worth about $396,000.

iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF Trading Down 0.2 %

NASDAQ SUSL traded down $0.17 on Thursday, reaching $104.12. The stock had a trading volume of 13,325 shares, compared to its average volume of 21,103. iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF has a 1 year low of $84.08 and a 1 year high of $108.04. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $105.28 and a 200 day moving average price of $101.42. The company has a market capitalization of $999.55 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.97 and a beta of 1.00.

iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 20th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 17th were paid a $0.331 dividend. This is a boost from iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF’s previous dividend of $0.32. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 17th.

About iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF

The iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF (SUSL) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI USA Extended ESG Leaders index. The fund tracks an index of US large- and mid-cap firms with the highest ESG ratings, weighted by market-cap within each sector buckets. SUSL was launched on May 7, 2019 and is managed by BlackRock.