iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SUSB) Short Interest Update

iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SUSB) was the recipient of a significant growth in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 42,819 shares, a growth of 321.9% from the April 15th total of 10,150 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 90,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.5 days. Currently, 0.1% of the company’s stock are sold short.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in SUSB. Ameriprise Financial Inc. increased its position in shares of iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 3.8% during the second quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 779,912 shares of the company’s stock worth $20,292,000 after acquiring an additional 28,670 shares in the last quarter. WFA of San Diego LLC acquired a new position in iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF during the 2nd quarter valued at about $138,000. Grey Fox Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new stake in iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $107,000. Valeo Financial Advisors LLC increased its holdings in iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 1.9% during the 3rd quarter. Valeo Financial Advisors LLC now owns 45,899 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,162,000 after purchasing an additional 859 shares in the last quarter. Finally, LRI Investments LLC raised its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 11.2% in the third quarter. LRI Investments LLC now owns 10,374 shares of the company’s stock worth $263,000 after purchasing an additional 1,048 shares during the last quarter.

iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF Trading Down 0.2%

Shares of NASDAQ SUSB traded down $0.05 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $24.90. 85,728 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 141,906. iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF has a one year low of $24.83 and a one year high of $25.39. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $25.05 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $25.19.

iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, May 6th. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 1st were issued a dividend of $0.0957 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, May 1st. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 4.6%.

iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF Company Profile

The iShares ESG 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF (SUSB) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in investment grade fixed income. The fund tracks an index of USD-denominated, investment-grade, short-term corporate debt, selected based on positive ESG characteristics. Holdings are optimally weighted to provide a similar risk and return of the Bloomberg US Corporate 1-5 years Index. SUSB was launched on Jul 11, 2017 and is managed by BlackRock.