iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:HEFA) Sees Large Increase in Short Interest

iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:HEFA) was the target of a significant growth in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totaling 1,014,326 shares, a growth of 87.0% from the September 15th total of 542,378 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 505,783 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.0 days. Currently, 0.6% of the shares of the company are short sold.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of HEFA. CX Institutional lifted its stake in shares of iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF by 47.3% in the 3rd quarter. CX Institutional now owns 403,920 shares of the company’s stock valued at $18,738,000 after purchasing an additional 129,642 shares during the period. Farther Finance Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF by 43.8% during the 3rd quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 289,601 shares of the company’s stock valued at $13,435,000 after purchasing an additional 88,207 shares in the last quarter. Crescent Grove Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF by 7.5% during the 1st quarter. Crescent Grove Advisors LLC now owns 218,230 shares of the company’s stock valued at $9,274,000 after purchasing an additional 15,279 shares in the last quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF by 49.3% during the 1st quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 118,144 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,021,000 after purchasing an additional 39,002 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Ascentis Independent Advisors grew its stake in iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF by 21.8% during the first quarter. Ascentis Independent Advisors now owns 49,439 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,101,000 after purchasing an additional 8,843 shares during the period.

iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF Price Performance

Shares of BATS:HEFA opened at $46.30 on Thursday. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $46.92 and its 200 day simple moving average is $45.88. iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF has a 1 year low of $39.92 and a 1 year high of $47.99. The company has a market capitalization of $7.80 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.74 and a beta of 0.67.

iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF Company Profile

The iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF (HEFA) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in total market equity. The fund tracks a market cap-weighted, USD-hedged index of large- and mid-cap stocks from developed countries outside the US and Canada. HEFA was launched on Jan 31, 2014 and is managed by BlackRock.