iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:IXUS) Short Interest Update

iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:IXUS) saw a large growth in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 9,930,000 shares, a growth of 9.7% from the December 15th total of 9,050,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,685,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 5.9 days.

iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF Price Performance

Shares of iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF stock opened at $66.79 on Monday. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $67.63 and a 200-day simple moving average of $69.05. iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF has a 52-week low of $62.54 and a 52-week high of $73.53. The firm has a market cap of $37.80 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.97 and a beta of 0.84.

iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 20th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 17th were paid a dividend of $1.1817 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 17th.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of IXUS. Tradewinds LLC. increased its position in iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF by 4.1% during the third quarter. Tradewinds LLC. now owns 3,700 shares of the company’s stock worth $269,000 after buying an additional 146 shares during the last quarter. Icon Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF by 1.9% in the 3rd quarter. Icon Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 8,444 shares of the company’s stock worth $613,000 after purchasing an additional 161 shares during the last quarter. Harbor Investment Advisory LLC lifted its holdings in iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF by 3.7% in the 4th quarter. Harbor Investment Advisory LLC now owns 5,164 shares of the company’s stock worth $342,000 after purchasing an additional 184 shares during the last quarter. Madison Park Capital Advisors LLC grew its holdings in iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF by 6.3% during the third quarter. Madison Park Capital Advisors LLC now owns 3,903 shares of the company’s stock valued at $284,000 after purchasing an additional 232 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Cozad Asset Management Inc. lifted its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF by 2.2% in the third quarter. Cozad Asset Management Inc. now owns 10,756 shares of the company’s stock worth $781,000 after buying an additional 235 shares during the last quarter.

About iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF

The iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF (IXUS) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI AC World ex USA IMI index, a market-cap-weighted index of global stocks covering 99% of the global market capitalization outside the US. IXUS was launched on Oct 18, 2012 and is managed by BlackRock.