iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF (NASDAQ:EMXC) Short Interest Update

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF (NASDAQ:EMXC) saw a large drop in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,417,373 shares, a drop of 59.3% from the December 31st total of 3,481,119 shares. Currently, 0.7% of the company’s stock are sold short. Based on an average trading volume of 2,088,905 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.7 days. Based on an average trading volume of 2,088,905 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.7 days. Currently, 0.7% of the company’s stock are sold short.

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF Trading Down 1.3%

NASDAQ:EMXC traded down $1.03 on Thursday, hitting $81.01. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 2,356,967 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,165,508. iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF has a one year low of $49.60 and a one year high of $82.15. The firm has a market capitalization of $15.56 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.28 and a beta of 0.82. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $73.64 and a two-hundred day moving average of $69.36.

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 19th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 16th were given a $1.3357 dividend. This represents a dividend yield of 384.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 16th.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in EMXC. Nations Financial Group Inc. IA ADV lifted its position in shares of iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF by 1.4% during the 4th quarter. Nations Financial Group Inc. IA ADV now owns 9,680 shares of the company’s stock valued at $704,000 after acquiring an additional 132 shares during the period. Cary Street Partners Financial LLC raised its stake in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF by 4.2% in the third quarter. Cary Street Partners Financial LLC now owns 3,951 shares of the company’s stock valued at $267,000 after purchasing an additional 159 shares in the last quarter. First PREMIER Bank lifted its position in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF by 7.1% during the third quarter. First PREMIER Bank now owns 2,867 shares of the company’s stock worth $194,000 after purchasing an additional 190 shares during the period. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB grew its stake in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF by 3.5% during the fourth quarter. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB now owns 6,131 shares of the company’s stock worth $446,000 after buying an additional 206 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Weitzel Financial Services Inc. increased its holdings in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF by 0.4% in the 2nd quarter. Weitzel Financial Services Inc. now owns 50,767 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,254,000 after buying an additional 210 shares during the period.

About iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF

The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF (EMXC) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI Emerging Markets ex China index. The fund tracks a market-cap- weighted index of emerging-market firms, excluding China. The index covers 85% of the universe by market cap. EMXC was launched on Jul 18, 2017 and is managed by BlackRock.