iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SUSB) Sees Significant Increase in Short Interest

iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SUSB) saw a significant growth in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 75,400 shares, a growth of 450.4% from the December 31st total of 13,700 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 149,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.5 days.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF

A number of large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Klaas Financial Asset Advisors LLC raised its position in iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 26.3% during the fourth quarter. Klaas Financial Asset Advisors LLC now owns 141,037 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,484,000 after purchasing an additional 29,391 shares in the last quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC increased its holdings in shares of iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 9.1% in the fourth quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 19,534 shares of the company’s stock worth $482,000 after buying an additional 1,625 shares during the period. Bartlett & CO. Wealth Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 8.9% in the fourth quarter. Bartlett & CO. Wealth Management LLC now owns 75,465 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,864,000 after buying an additional 6,154 shares during the period. Finley Financial LLC purchased a new position in shares of iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF in the fourth quarter worth about $152,000. Finally, ST Germain D J Co. Inc. increased its holdings in shares of iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 25.1% in the fourth quarter. ST Germain D J Co. Inc. now owns 300,924 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,433,000 after buying an additional 60,339 shares during the period.

iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF Price Performance

NASDAQ:SUSB traded down $0.02 during trading hours on Tuesday, hitting $24.83. 60,768 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 118,602. iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF has a 52 week low of $24.17 and a 52 week high of $25.20. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $24.75 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $24.85.

iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 23rd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, December 18th were given a dividend of $0.09 per share. This is an increase from iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.08. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, December 18th.

iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF Company Profile

The iShares ESG 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF (SUSB) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in investment grade fixed income. The fund tracks an index of USD-denominated, investment-grade, short-term corporate debt, selected based on positive ESG characteristics. Holdings are optimally weighted to provide a similar risk and return of the Bloomberg US Corporate 1-5 years Index.