iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SUSB) Short Interest Up 103.5% in January

iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SUSB) saw a large increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 123,944 shares, an increase of 103.5% from the December 31st total of 60,898 shares. Approximately 0.3% of the shares of the company are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 120,176 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.0 days. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 120,176 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.0 days. Approximately 0.3% of the shares of the company are short sold.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in SUSB. Flow Traders U.S. LLC acquired a new position in shares of iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF in the second quarter valued at $1,730,000. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its holdings in iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 15.3% in the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 429,464 shares of the company’s stock valued at $10,870,000 after buying an additional 57,108 shares during the period. ST Germain D J Co. Inc. increased its holdings in iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 12.3% in the 4th quarter. ST Germain D J Co. Inc. now owns 437,666 shares of the company’s stock valued at $11,047,000 after buying an additional 47,877 shares during the period. Ameriprise Financial Inc. raised its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 4.1% in the 3rd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 812,047 shares of the company’s stock valued at $20,545,000 after buying an additional 32,135 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Fisher Asset Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 6.4% during the 3rd quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 241,536 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,113,000 after acquiring an additional 14,591 shares during the period.

iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF Price Performance

SUSB opened at $25.32 on Friday. The business has a 50 day moving average of $25.25 and a 200-day moving average of $25.24. iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF has a 1-year low of $24.58 and a 1-year high of $25.38.

iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, December 24th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 19th were issued a $0.0973 dividend. This is a boost from iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.09. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, December 19th. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.6%.

About iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF

The iShares ESG 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF (SUSB) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in investment grade fixed income. The fund tracks an index of USD-denominated, investment-grade, short-term corporate debt, selected based on positive ESG characteristics. Holdings are optimally weighted to provide a similar risk and return of the Bloomberg US Corporate 1-5 years Index. SUSB was launched on Jul 11, 2017 and is managed by BlackRock.