iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF (NASDAQ:EMXC) Short Interest Up 96.0% in May

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF (NASDAQ:EMXC) was the target of a significant increase in short interest in the month of May. As of May 29th, there was short interest totaling 1,854,611 shares, an increase of 96.0% from the May 14th total of 946,134 shares. Approximately 0.8% of the shares of the company are sold short. Based on an average daily volume of 2,589,804 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.7 days.

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:EMXC traded down $1.55 during trading on Tuesday, reaching $101.41. The company had a trading volume of 2,557,329 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,438,495. The firm has a market capitalization of $24.82 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.28 and a beta of 0.88. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $93.28 and its 200 day moving average price is $83.24. iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF has a fifty-two week low of $60.02 and a fifty-two week high of $104.18.

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, June 18th. Investors of record on Monday, June 15th will be paid a $0.588 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Monday, June 15th.

Institutional Trading of iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of EMXC. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its position in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF by 6.0% during the fourth quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 2,336,582 shares of the company’s stock worth $169,823,000 after purchasing an additional 131,459 shares in the last quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. boosted its position in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF by 5.2% during the third quarter. Russell Investments Group Ltd. now owns 1,431,332 shares of the company’s stock worth $96,629,000 after purchasing an additional 71,035 shares in the last quarter. Hughes Financial Services LLC boosted its position in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF by 1.1% during the third quarter. Hughes Financial Services LLC now owns 737,223 shares of the company’s stock worth $53,250,000 after purchasing an additional 7,748 shares in the last quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC boosted its position in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF by 30.5% during the fourth quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 512,026 shares of the company’s stock worth $37,214,000 after purchasing an additional 119,737 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Myriad Asset Management Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF during the fourth quarter worth $34,763,000.

About iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF

The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF (EMXC) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI Emerging Markets ex China index. The fund tracks a market-cap- weighted index of emerging-market firms, excluding China. The index covers 85% of the universe by market cap. EMXC was launched on Jul 18, 2017 and is managed by BlackRock.