Short Interest in iShares ESG MSCI KLD 400 ETF (NYSEARCA:DSI) Drops By 59.5%

iShares ESG MSCI KLD 400 ETF (NYSEARCA:DSI) saw a significant decrease in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 32,694 shares, a decrease of 59.5% from the April 30th total of 80,682 shares. Approximately 0.1% of the shares of the stock are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 131,052 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.2 days.

iShares ESG MSCI KLD 400 ETF Stock Up 0.2%

Shares of DSI stock traded up $0.26 during trading on Friday, hitting $143.05. The company had a trading volume of 147,232 shares, compared to its average volume of 148,944. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $132.26 and its two-hundred day moving average is $129.93. The stock has a market capitalization of $5.38 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.56 and a beta of 1.07. iShares ESG MSCI KLD 400 ETF has a 52 week low of $109.80 and a 52 week high of $143.67.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of DSI. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC increased its position in shares of iShares ESG MSCI KLD 400 ETF by 0.7% in the fourth quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 16,668 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,838,000 after purchasing an additional 119 shares during the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. increased its position in shares of iShares ESG MSCI KLD 400 ETF by 7.1% in the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 269,934 shares of the company’s stock worth $27,644,000 after purchasing an additional 17,894 shares during the last quarter. First Trust Advisors LP increased its position in shares of iShares ESG MSCI KLD 400 ETF by 30.0% in the second quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 2,567 shares of the company’s stock worth $298,000 after purchasing an additional 592 shares during the last quarter. Baird Financial Group Inc. increased its position in shares of iShares ESG MSCI KLD 400 ETF by 8.2% in the second quarter. Baird Financial Group Inc. now owns 10,091 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,172,000 after purchasing an additional 762 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Marshall Wace LLP bought a new position in shares of iShares ESG MSCI KLD 400 ETF in the second quarter worth approximately $444,000.

iShares ESG MSCI KLD 400 ETF Company Profile

iShares MSCI KLD 400 Social Index Fund (the Fund), formerly iShares FTSE KLD 400 Social Index Fund, seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the MSCI KLD 400 Social Index (the Index). The Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index designed to measure the equity performance of the United States companies. The Index consists of approximately 400 companies identified by MSCI from the universe of companies included in the MSCI USA IMI Index, which consists of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and NASDAQ Stock Market LLC listed United States equities.