iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF (BATS:ESML) Short Interest Up 81.1% in June

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF (BATS:ESML) was the recipient of a large increase in short interest in the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 307,471 shares, an increase of 81.1% from the June 15th total of 169,763 shares. Approximately 0.7% of the company’s shares are sold short. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 119,881 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.6 days.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF Trading Down 0.6%

ESML stock opened at $53.96 on Friday. iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF has a one year low of $40.79 and a one year high of $56.07. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $53.56 and a two-hundred day moving average of $50.54. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.41 billion, a PE ratio of 17.85 and a beta of 1.08.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its holdings in shares of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF by 7.0% during the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 59,873 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,699,000 after purchasing an additional 3,913 shares in the last quarter. Flow Traders U.S. LLC bought a new stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $820,000. American Trust raised its holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF by 4.5% during the 3rd quarter. American Trust now owns 14,656 shares of the company’s stock worth $661,000 after buying an additional 636 shares during the period. Flagship Harbor Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF during the 4th quarter worth approximately $183,000. Finally, Farther Finance Advisors LLC lifted its stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF by 85.9% in the fourth quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 16,789 shares of the company’s stock valued at $772,000 after buying an additional 7,757 shares in the last quarter.

About iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF

The iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF (ESML) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in small-cap stocks. The fund tracks an index of US small-cap companies with high environmental, social, and governance factor scores as determined by MSCI. ESML was launched on Apr 10, 2018 and is managed by BlackRock.