iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF (NYSEARCA:IJS) Short Interest Up 162.0% in March

iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF (NYSEARCA:IJS) saw a significant increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 84,507 shares, an increase of 162.0% from the March 15th total of 32,256 shares. Currently, 0.1% of the shares of the stock are sold short. Based on an average trading volume of 1,111,213 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.1 days.

iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA IJS opened at $122.88 on Friday. iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF has a 52-week low of $84.21 and a 52-week high of $127.85. The stock has a market cap of $7.38 billion, a PE ratio of 13.92 and a beta of 1.00. The business has a fifty day moving average of $121.05 and a two-hundred day moving average of $116.41.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Integrated Investment Consultants LLC raised its stake in iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF by 3.6% in the 4th quarter. Integrated Investment Consultants LLC now owns 2,371 shares of the company’s stock valued at $270,000 after acquiring an additional 82 shares during the period. CoreCap Advisors LLC raised its stake in iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF by 39.7% in the 4th quarter. CoreCap Advisors LLC now owns 327 shares of the company’s stock valued at $37,000 after acquiring an additional 93 shares during the period. Clearstead Advisors LLC raised its stake in iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF by 1.6% in the 3rd quarter. Clearstead Advisors LLC now owns 5,916 shares of the company’s stock valued at $654,000 after acquiring an additional 95 shares during the period. Abound Wealth Management raised its stake in iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF by 25.3% in the 3rd quarter. Abound Wealth Management now owns 476 shares of the company’s stock valued at $53,000 after acquiring an additional 96 shares during the period. Finally, Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. raised its stake in iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF by 1.0% in the 4th quarter. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. now owns 9,799 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,115,000 after acquiring an additional 98 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 71.86% of the company’s stock.

iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF Company Profile

iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF, formerly iShares S&P SmallCap 600 Value Index Fund (the Fund), is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the S&P SmallCap 600 Value Index (the Index). The Index measures the performance of the small-capitalization value sector of the United States equity market and consists of those stocks in the S&P SmallCap 600 Index exhibiting the strongest value characteristics. The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index.