iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:EEMS) Short Interest Down 58.0% in April

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:EEMS) was the target of a significant decrease in short interest in April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 6,157 shares, a decrease of 58.0% from the April 15th total of 14,674 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 16,307 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.4 days. Currently, 0.1% of the shares of the stock are short sold.

Institutional Trading of iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small-Cap ETF

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in EEMS. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its position in shares of iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small-Cap ETF by 261.2% in the second quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 4,866 shares of the company’s stock valued at $316,000 after acquiring an additional 3,519 shares in the last quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small-Cap ETF by 21.2% in the second quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 2,000 shares of the company’s stock valued at $130,000 after acquiring an additional 350 shares in the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. lifted its position in shares of iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small-Cap ETF by 2.4% in the second quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 8,930 shares of the company’s stock valued at $579,000 after acquiring an additional 212 shares in the last quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp lifted its position in shares of iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small-Cap ETF by 28.4% in the third quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 7,002 shares of the company’s stock valued at $470,000 after acquiring an additional 1,550 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Flow Traders U.S. LLC lifted its position in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small-Cap ETF by 904.7% during the third quarter. Flow Traders U.S. LLC now owns 122,658 shares of the company’s stock worth $8,330,000 after buying an additional 110,449 shares during the period.

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small-Cap ETF Trading Down 2.9%

Shares of NYSEARCA:EEMS traded down $2.27 on Friday, hitting $75.92. The company had a trading volume of 23,425 shares, compared to its average volume of 20,033. iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small-Cap ETF has a 52-week low of $60.35 and a 52-week high of $79.44. The business has a 50 day moving average of $72.89 and a 200 day moving average of $70.80. The company has a market cap of $447.93 million, a PE ratio of 15.93 and a beta of 0.70.

About iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small-Cap ETF

The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small-Cap ETF (EEMS) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI Emerging Markets Small Cap index, a market-cap-weighted index of emerging markets stocks with market capitalizations between $200M and $1.5B. EEMS was launched on Aug 16, 2011 and is managed by BlackRock.