iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SUSB) Sees Significant Decline in Short Interest

iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SUSB) was the recipient of a significant decrease in short interest during the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 22,171 shares, a decrease of 61.7% from the February 26th total of 57,826 shares. Currently, 0.1% of the shares of the company are sold short. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 165,886 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.1 days. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 165,886 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.1 days. Currently, 0.1% of the shares of the company are sold short.

iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF Trading Down 0.1%

Shares of NASDAQ:SUSB opened at $24.98 on Wednesday. iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF has a twelve month low of $24.58 and a twelve month high of $25.39. The company’s 50 day moving average is $25.23 and its 200 day moving average is $25.25.

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

The firm also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 5th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 2nd were issued a $0.0941 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 2nd. This is a positive change from iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.09. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 4.5%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF

Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. ST Germain D J Co. Inc. grew its holdings in iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 7.9% in the third quarter. ST Germain D J Co. Inc. now owns 389,789 shares of the company’s stock valued at $9,866,000 after purchasing an additional 28,592 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its holdings in iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 13.3% in the 2nd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 372,356 shares of the company’s stock worth $9,372,000 after acquiring an additional 43,796 shares in the last quarter. Flow Traders U.S. LLC acquired a new position in iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF during the second quarter worth $1,730,000. Ameriflex Group Inc. raised its position in iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 102.0% during the third quarter. Ameriflex Group Inc. now owns 2,925 shares of the company’s stock worth $74,000 after acquiring an additional 1,477 shares during the period. Finally, VSM Wealth Advisory LLC raised its position in shares of iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 16.2% during the 3rd quarter. VSM Wealth Advisory LLC now owns 4,553 shares of the company’s stock worth $115,000 after purchasing an additional 635 shares during the last quarter.

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.