iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF (BATS:ESML) Short Interest Update

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF (BATS:ESML) saw a significant decline in short interest in the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 156,934 shares, a decline of 49.0% from the June 30th total of 307,471 shares. Approximately 0.4% of the shares of the company are sold short. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 124,181 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.3 days.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF Trading Up 0.1%

ESML stock opened at $53.93 on Tuesday. The company has a market capitalization of $2.41 billion, a P/E ratio of 17.85 and a beta of 1.08. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $53.85 and a 200-day simple moving average of $50.88. iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF has a twelve month low of $40.79 and a twelve month high of $56.07.

Institutional Trading of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF

A number of large investors have recently bought and sold shares of ESML. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF by 7.0% during the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 59,873 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,699,000 after acquiring an additional 3,913 shares during the last quarter. Flow Traders U.S. LLC purchased a new position in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $820,000. American Trust grew its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF by 4.5% in the 3rd quarter. American Trust now owns 14,656 shares of the company’s stock valued at $661,000 after purchasing an additional 636 shares during the last quarter. Flagship Harbor Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $183,000. Finally, Farther Finance Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF by 85.9% in the fourth quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 16,789 shares of the company’s stock valued at $772,000 after purchasing an additional 7,757 shares during the period.

About iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF

The iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF (ESML) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in small-cap stocks. The fund tracks an index of US small-cap companies with high environmental, social, and governance factor scores as determined by MSCI. ESML was launched on Apr 10, 2018 and is managed by BlackRock.