iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF (NASDAQ:EWZS) Short Interest Down 69.9% in December

iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF (NASDAQ:EWZS) saw a significant drop in short interest during the month of December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totalling 37,100 shares, a drop of 69.9% from the November 30th total of 123,100 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 315,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.1 days.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF

A hedge fund recently raised its stake in iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF stock. Heartwood Wealth Advisors LLC increased its stake in iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF (NASDAQ:EWZS) by 12.0% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 30,407 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 3,255 shares during the quarter. Heartwood Wealth Advisors LLC owned about 0.26% of iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF worth $383,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF Stock Performance

Shares of iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF stock traded down $0.06 during trading on Thursday, hitting $9.38. 275,236 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 378,295. iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF has a 12 month low of $9.14 and a 12 month high of $15.29. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $11.15 and its 200 day moving average is $11.96. The stock has a market cap of $102.71 million, a PE ratio of 9.09 and a beta of 1.10.

iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 20th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 17th were paid a $0.2427 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 17th.

iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF Company Profile

iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF, formerly iShares MSCI Brazil Small Cap Index Fund (the Fund), is an exchange traded fund. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the MSCI Brazil Small Cap Index (the Underlying Index). The Underlying Index is a free-float adjusted market capitalization weighted index designed to measure the performance of equity securities in the bottom 14% by market capitalization of equity securities listed on stock exchanges in Brazil.