iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:EEMS) Shares Shorted: Short Interest Down 43.2% in October

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:EEMS) was the recipient of a significant decrease in short interest in the month of October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totaling 81,876 shares, a decrease of 43.2% from the September 30th total of 144,230 shares. Approximately 1.6% of the shares of the stock are short sold. Based on an average trading volume of 20,861 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.9 days.

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small-Cap ETF Price Performance

Shares of EEMS stock traded down $1.78 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $68.84. The stock had a trading volume of 19,942 shares, compared to its average volume of 42,052. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $74.91 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $73.89. The stock has a market capitalization of $351.08 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.93 and a beta of 0.72. iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small-Cap ETF has a one year low of $65.04 and a one year high of $79.44.

Institutional Trading of iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small-Cap ETF

Large investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC increased its position in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small-Cap ETF by 13.8% during the 1st quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 9,046 shares of the company’s stock valued at $626,000 after purchasing an additional 1,098 shares during the period. Gould Asset Management LLC CA grew its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small-Cap ETF by 7.4% during the first quarter. Gould Asset Management LLC CA now owns 5,365 shares of the company’s stock valued at $371,000 after buying an additional 370 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Van Berkom & Associates Inc. acquired a new position in shares of iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small-Cap ETF in the first quarter valued at about $48,000.

About iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small-Cap ETF

The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small-Cap ETF (EEMS) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI Emerging Markets Small Cap index, a market-cap-weighted index of emerging markets stocks with market capitalizations between $200M and $1.5B. EEMS was launched on Aug 16, 2011 and is managed by BlackRock.