iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF (NASDAQ:SCZ) Short Interest Up 187.5% in October

iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF (NASDAQ:SCZ) was the target of a significant increase in short interest in October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totalling 3,220,000 shares, an increase of 187.5% from the September 30th total of 1,120,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 968,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.3 days.

iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF Price Performance

iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF stock opened at $63.55 on Monday. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $65.76 and its 200-day simple moving average is $63.84. The company has a market cap of $8.78 billion, a P/E ratio of 12.38 and a beta of 0.96. iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF has a fifty-two week low of $52.21 and a fifty-two week high of $68.32.

Institutional Trading of iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF by 2,000.0% during the first quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 630 shares of the company’s stock worth $39,000 after purchasing an additional 600 shares during the period. Private Advisor Group LLC boosted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF by 128.3% during the second quarter. Private Advisor Group LLC now owns 28,454 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,754,000 after purchasing an additional 15,991 shares during the period. Farther Finance Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF by 6.2% during the second quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 5,231 shares of the company’s stock worth $322,000 after purchasing an additional 305 shares during the period. Narus Financial Partners LLC boosted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF by 2.0% during the first quarter. Narus Financial Partners LLC now owns 43,458 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,752,000 after purchasing an additional 862 shares during the period. Finally, Wedbush Securities Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF by 29.4% during the second quarter. Wedbush Securities Inc. now owns 4,884 shares of the company’s stock worth $301,000 after purchasing an additional 1,111 shares during the period.

iShares MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF Company Profile

Santacruz Silver Mining Ltd. is a Canada-based company engaged in the operation, exploration and commercial exploitation of mining concessions in Mexico, with a primary focus on silver, but also, including gold, lead and zinc. The Company is focused on its producing property, the Rosario Mine. In addition, the Company is also exploring three other mineral properties, being the San Felipe Project, which is an advanced-stage project; the Gavilanes Project, which is an exploration project, and the El Gachi Property, which is an early-stage exploration project.