iShares International Select Dividend ETF (BATS:IDV) Short Interest Down 87.8% in August

iShares International Select Dividend ETF (BATS:IDV) was the target of a large decrease in short interest in August. As of August 14th, there was short interest totaling 92,587 shares, a decrease of 87.8% from the July 30th total of 757,306 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 620,513 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.1 days. Approximately 0.1% of the shares of the company are short sold.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in IDV. Ameriprise Financial Inc. boosted its holdings in iShares International Select Dividend ETF by 1.1% in the 2nd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 3,947,824 shares of the company’s stock worth $137,315,000 after buying an additional 43,708 shares during the last quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors increased its holdings in iShares International Select Dividend ETF by 32.3% in the 2nd quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 91,688 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,164,000 after purchasing an additional 22,361 shares during the last quarter. Triumph Capital Management purchased a new stake in shares of iShares International Select Dividend ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at $147,000. Vantage Financial Partners LLC increased its stake in iShares International Select Dividend ETF by 3.6% during the fourth quarter. Vantage Financial Partners LLC now owns 185,536 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,319,000 after purchasing an additional 6,494 shares during the period. Finally, Liberty Wealth Management LLC increased its stake in iShares International Select Dividend ETF by 32.5% during the 4th quarter. Liberty Wealth Management LLC now owns 7,524 shares of the company’s stock worth $297,000 after buying an additional 1,844 shares during the period.

iShares International Select Dividend ETF Stock Performance

iShares International Select Dividend ETF stock opened at $44.67 on Friday. iShares International Select Dividend ETF has a fifty-two week low of $35.88 and a fifty-two week high of $45.49. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $43.29 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $43.45. The company has a market cap of $6.90 billion, a PE ratio of 10.09 and a beta of 0.76.

iShares International Select Dividend ETF Company Profile

iShares International Select Dividend ETF, formerly iShares Dow Jones International Select Dividend Index Fund, seeks investment results that correspond to the price and yield performance of the Dow Jones EPAC Select Dividend Index (the Index). The Index measures the performance of a selected group of equity securities issued by companies that have provided relatively high dividend yields on a consistent basis over time. The Index consists of 100 of the highest dividend-yielding securities (excluding real estate investment trusts (REITs) in the Dow Jones World Developed-Ex.