iShares Total Return Active ETF (NASDAQ:BRTR) Short Interest Up 27.0% in March

iShares Total Return Active ETF (NASDAQ:BRTR) was the target of a significant growth in short interest in March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 12,840 shares, a growth of 27.0% from the March 15th total of 10,112 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 141,399 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.1 days. Approximately 0.1% of the shares of the company are sold short.

iShares Total Return Active ETF Price Performance

Shares of BRTR traded down $0.03 during midday trading on Thursday, reaching $50.49. 21,760 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 79,715. iShares Total Return Active ETF has a twelve month low of $49.14 and a twelve month high of $51.68. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $50.71 and its 200 day moving average price is $50.91. The company has a market capitalization of $575.59 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.72 and a beta of 0.22.

iShares Total Return Active ETF Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, April 7th. Investors of record on Wednesday, April 1st were issued a dividend of $0.1853 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, April 1st. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.4%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares Total Return Active ETF

A number of institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in BRTR. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its holdings in iShares Total Return Active ETF by 1,406.0% in the 4th quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 3,232,880 shares of the company’s stock valued at $164,149,000 after purchasing an additional 3,018,219 shares in the last quarter. Arkadios Wealth Advisors purchased a new stake in shares of iShares Total Return Active ETF during the 4th quarter valued at $4,109,000. Ethos Financial Group LLC purchased a new stake in shares of iShares Total Return Active ETF during the 4th quarter valued at $2,314,000. Flow Traders U.S. LLC grew its stake in shares of iShares Total Return Active ETF by 186.4% during the 3rd quarter. Flow Traders U.S. LLC now owns 54,422 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,775,000 after buying an additional 35,420 shares during the period. Finally, Greatmark Investment Partners Inc. boosted its position in iShares Total Return Active ETF by 69.9% during the 4th quarter. Greatmark Investment Partners Inc. now owns 6,865 shares of the company’s stock worth $349,000 after purchasing an additional 2,825 shares during the period.

About iShares Total Return Active ETF

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.