iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:HSCZ) Short Interest Down 66.0% in August

iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:HSCZ) saw a large decrease in short interest in August. As of August 14th, there was short interest totaling 22,668 shares, a decrease of 66.0% from the July 30th total of 66,754 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 19,667 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.2 days. Currently, 0.4% of the company’s stock are sold short.

iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF Price Performance

NYSEARCA HSCZ traded up $0.03 during trading on Friday, hitting $44.26. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 32,283 shares, compared to its average volume of 25,012. The company has a market cap of $248.30 million, a PE ratio of 14.36 and a beta of 0.61. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $43.27 and its 200-day simple moving average is $42.23. iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF has a fifty-two week low of $36.58 and a fifty-two week high of $44.42.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Flow Traders U.S. LLC lifted its stake in shares of iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF by 116.8% during the third quarter. Flow Traders U.S. LLC now owns 54,023 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,032,000 after buying an additional 29,101 shares during the period. First PREMIER Bank raised its stake in iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF by 28.9% in the 1st quarter. First PREMIER Bank now owns 39,316 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,560,000 after acquiring an additional 8,825 shares during the last quarter. Creative Financial Designs Inc. ADV lifted its position in iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF by 191.0% during the 4th quarter. Creative Financial Designs Inc. ADV now owns 5,019 shares of the company’s stock worth $195,000 after acquiring an additional 3,294 shares during the period. Finally, Continuum Advisory LLC purchased a new stake in iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF during the 2nd quarter valued at about $28,000.

iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF Company Profile

The iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF (HSCZ) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in small-cap stocks. The fund tracks an index of small-cap stocks from developed markets outside the US and Canada, hedged against movements in the underlying currencies for US investors. HSCZ was launched on Jul 1, 2015 and is managed by BlackRock.