iShares ESG MSCI KLD 400 ETF (NYSEARCA:DSI) Short Interest Up 388.2% in April

iShares ESG MSCI KLD 400 ETF (NYSEARCA:DSI) was the target of a large growth in short interest during the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 80,682 shares, a growth of 388.2% from the April 15th total of 16,525 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 197,399 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.4 days. Currently, 0.2% of the company’s shares are sold short.

iShares ESG MSCI KLD 400 ETF Stock Down 0.4%

NYSEARCA:DSI opened at $140.24 on Wednesday. iShares ESG MSCI KLD 400 ETF has a 12-month low of $108.46 and a 12-month high of $141.20. The firm has a market capitalization of $5.27 billion, a P/E ratio of 26.56 and a beta of 1.07. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $128.26 and its 200-day simple moving average is $128.78.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Morgan Stanley boosted its position in shares of iShares ESG MSCI KLD 400 ETF by 1.6% in the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 3,866,815 shares of the company’s stock worth $498,162,000 after purchasing an additional 60,738 shares during the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC boosted its position in shares of iShares ESG MSCI KLD 400 ETF by 3.7% in the 4th quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 1,258,765 shares of the company’s stock worth $162,167,000 after purchasing an additional 45,080 shares during the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp boosted its position in shares of iShares ESG MSCI KLD 400 ETF by 57.7% in the 1st quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 1,254,533 shares of the company’s stock worth $152,037,000 after purchasing an additional 459,248 shares during the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its position in shares of iShares ESG MSCI KLD 400 ETF by 3.8% in the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 1,241,260 shares of the company’s stock worth $156,337,000 after purchasing an additional 45,045 shares during the last quarter. Finally, IMA Advisory Services Inc. boosted its position in shares of iShares ESG MSCI KLD 400 ETF by 4.4% in the 3rd quarter. IMA Advisory Services Inc. now owns 419,800 shares of the company’s stock worth $52,598,000 after purchasing an additional 17,789 shares during the last quarter.

About iShares ESG MSCI KLD 400 ETF

iShares MSCI KLD 400 Social Index Fund (the Fund), formerly iShares FTSE KLD 400 Social Index Fund, seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the MSCI KLD 400 Social Index (the Index). The Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index designed to measure the equity performance of the United States companies. The Index consists of approximately 400 companies identified by MSCI from the universe of companies included in the MSCI USA IMI Index, which consists of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and NASDAQ Stock Market LLC listed United States equities.