Short Interest in iShares Total Return Active ETF (NASDAQ:BRTR) Decreases By 39.5%

iShares Total Return Active ETF (NASDAQ:BRTR) was the target of a significant decline in short interest in April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 57,316 shares, a decline of 39.5% from the April 15th total of 94,762 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 71,387 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.8 days. Approximately 0.5% of the company’s stock are short sold.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in BRTR. Ameriflex Group Inc. bought a new position in shares of iShares Total Return Active ETF in the fourth quarter worth approximately $51,000. Farther Finance Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of iShares Total Return Active ETF by 6,507.1% in the fourth quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 2,775 shares of the company’s stock worth $141,000 after buying an additional 2,733 shares in the last quarter. Greatmark Investment Partners Inc. lifted its stake in shares of iShares Total Return Active ETF by 69.9% in the fourth quarter. Greatmark Investment Partners Inc. now owns 6,865 shares of the company’s stock worth $349,000 after buying an additional 2,825 shares in the last quarter. Ethos Financial Group LLC bought a new position in shares of iShares Total Return Active ETF in the fourth quarter worth approximately $2,314,000. Finally, Flow Traders U.S. LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares Total Return Active ETF by 186.4% during the third quarter. Flow Traders U.S. LLC now owns 54,422 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,775,000 after purchasing an additional 35,420 shares during the last quarter.

iShares Total Return Active ETF Price Performance

NASDAQ:BRTR traded down $0.04 during mid-day trading on Monday, hitting $49.74. 7,424 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 76,013. iShares Total Return Active ETF has a one year low of $49.14 and a one year high of $51.68. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $50.32 and a 200 day moving average price of $50.79. The company has a market cap of $552.11 million, a PE ratio of 22.72 and a beta of 0.17.

iShares Total Return Active ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, May 6th. Investors of record on Friday, May 1st were paid a $0.1895 dividend. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.6%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, May 1st. This is a positive change from iShares Total Return Active ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.19.

iShares Total Return Active ETF Company Profile

The iShares Total Return Active ETF (BRTR) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in broad credit fixed income. The fund is an actively managed ETF that broadly invests in corporate and government fixed income securities from around the world. Securities could be of any maturity while limiting investments in junk bonds to 20%. BRTR was launched on Dec 12, 2023 and is issued by BlackRock.