Short Interest in iShares Emerging Markets Dividend ETF (NYSEARCA:DVYE) Increases By 158.0%

iShares Emerging Markets Dividend ETF (NYSEARCA:DVYE) was the target of a large growth in short interest in the month of August. As of August 14th, there was short interest totaling 369,401 shares, a growth of 158.0% from the July 30th total of 143,172 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 114,915 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.2 days. Approximately 1.0% of the shares of the company are short sold.

iShares Emerging Markets Dividend ETF Stock Up 0.3%

NYSEARCA DVYE opened at $35.26 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $1.26 billion, a PE ratio of 7.78 and a beta of 0.50. iShares Emerging Markets Dividend ETF has a 52 week low of $28.63 and a 52 week high of $35.95. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $33.62 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $34.16.

Institutional Trading of iShares Emerging Markets Dividend ETF

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of DVYE. Raelipskie Partnership boosted its holdings in iShares Emerging Markets Dividend ETF by 1.6% in the 4th quarter. Raelipskie Partnership now owns 21,540 shares of the company’s stock worth $671,000 after buying an additional 340 shares during the period. Vantage Financial Partners LLC raised its holdings in iShares Emerging Markets Dividend ETF by 1.4% during the 4th quarter. Vantage Financial Partners LLC now owns 30,270 shares of the company’s stock valued at $943,000 after acquiring an additional 412 shares during the period. Ameriprise Financial Inc. lifted its position in shares of iShares Emerging Markets Dividend ETF by 4.1% during the third quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 10,573 shares of the company’s stock worth $314,000 after acquiring an additional 414 shares in the last quarter. IHT Wealth Management LLC lifted its position in shares of iShares Emerging Markets Dividend ETF by 7.0% during the fourth quarter. IHT Wealth Management LLC now owns 11,589 shares of the company’s stock worth $361,000 after acquiring an additional 760 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Millstone Evans Group LLC bought a new position in shares of iShares Emerging Markets Dividend ETF in the first quarter worth $29,000.

About iShares Emerging Markets Dividend ETF

The iShares Emerging Markets Dividend ETF (DVYE) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in high dividend yield equity. The fund tracks a dividend-weighted index of high-dividend-paying emerging markets companies. DVYE was launched on Feb 23, 2012 and is managed by BlackRock.