iShares ESG MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF (NASDAQ:ESMV) Short Interest Up 1,400.0% in January

Posted by Bonnie Powley on Feb 13th, 2025

iShares ESG MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF (NASDAQ:ESMV – Get Free Report) was the target of a large increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 3,000 shares, an increase of 1,400.0% from the January 15th total of 200 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 4,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.7 days.

Institutional Trading of iShares ESG MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF

An institutional investor recently bought a new position in iShares ESG MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF stock. OLD Mission Capital LLC bought a new position in iShares ESG MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF (NASDAQ:ESMV – Free Report) during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor bought 15,610 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $434,000. OLD Mission Capital LLC owned about 5.20% of iShares ESG MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF as of its most recent SEC filing.

iShares ESG MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF Trading Down 0.4 %

ESMV opened at $28.81 on Thursday. The company has a market cap of $8.64 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.85 and a beta of 0.80. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $28.44 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $28.49. iShares ESG MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF has a 1-year low of $25.21 and a 1-year high of $29.95.

iShares ESG MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 20th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 17th were given a dividend of $0.1466 per share. This is an increase from iShares ESG MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF’s previous dividend of $0.12. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 17th.

iShares ESG MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF Company Profile

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The iShares ESG MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF (ESMV) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in total market equity. The fund tracks an index of large- and mid-cap US stocks that have low volatility and positive ESG characteristics. ESMV was launched on Nov 2, 2021 and is managed by BlackRock.