iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:EEMS) Short Interest Update

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:EEMS) was the recipient of a significant growth in short interest in the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 17,695 shares, a growth of 71.3% from the June 30th total of 10,328 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 195,482 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.1 days. Approximately 0.4% of the shares of the company are short sold.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC bought a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small-Cap ETF during the 3rd quarter valued at about $946,000. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small-Cap ETF by 261.2% during the second quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 4,866 shares of the company’s stock worth $316,000 after purchasing an additional 3,519 shares in the last quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small-Cap ETF by 90.7% in the fourth quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 3,213 shares of the company’s stock worth $217,000 after purchasing an additional 1,528 shares during the last quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC raised its stake in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small-Cap ETF by 13.8% in the first quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 9,046 shares of the company’s stock valued at $626,000 after purchasing an additional 1,098 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Van Berkom & Associates Inc. purchased a new stake in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small-Cap ETF in the first quarter valued at approximately $48,000.

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small-Cap ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA EEMS opened at $69.72 on Friday. iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small-Cap ETF has a fifty-two week low of $63.62 and a fifty-two week high of $79.44. The stock has a market cap of $348.60 million, a PE ratio of 15.93 and a beta of 0.69. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $74.63 and a 200-day moving average of $73.44.

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.