iShares MSCI Thailand ETF (NYSEARCA:THD) Short Interest Update

iShares MSCI Thailand ETF (NYSEARCA:THD) saw a large increase in short interest in May. As of May 29th, there was short interest totaling 252,564 shares, an increase of 128.0% from the May 14th total of 110,779 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 69,601 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.6 days. Currently, 6.6% of the company’s stock are short sold.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares MSCI Thailand ETF

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Sigma Planning Corp raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Thailand ETF by 14.8% during the 1st quarter. Sigma Planning Corp now owns 7,159 shares of the company’s stock worth $497,000 after purchasing an additional 923 shares in the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Thailand ETF by 9.5% during the 4th quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 11,557 shares of the company’s stock worth $690,000 after purchasing an additional 1,001 shares in the last quarter. Stifel Financial Corp raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Thailand ETF by 18.0% during the 4th quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 7,206 shares of the company’s stock worth $431,000 after purchasing an additional 1,097 shares in the last quarter. Sun Life Financial Inc. raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Thailand ETF by 0.6% during the 4th quarter. Sun Life Financial Inc. now owns 217,775 shares of the company’s stock worth $12,995,000 after purchasing an additional 1,246 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Thailand ETF by 30.9% during the 4th quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. now owns 7,197 shares of the company’s stock worth $429,000 after purchasing an additional 1,700 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 67.20% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI Thailand ETF Price Performance

Shares of iShares MSCI Thailand ETF stock opened at $74.53 on Monday. iShares MSCI Thailand ETF has a 12-month low of $48.08 and a 12-month high of $75.06. The stock has a market cap of $283.21 million, a P/E ratio of 13.16 and a beta of 0.44. The business’s 50 day moving average is $71.62 and its 200-day moving average is $66.84.

iShares MSCI Thailand ETF Company Profile

The iShares MSCI Thailand ETF (THD) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI Thailand IMI 25-50 index, a market-cap-weighted index of the Thai equity market. THD was launched on Mar 26, 2008 and is managed by BlackRock.