iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF (NASDAQ:AAXJ) Short Interest Update

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF (NASDAQ:AAXJ) was the recipient of a large growth in short interest during the month of August. As of August 14th, there was short interest totaling 1,121,583 shares, a growth of 116.3% from the July 30th total of 518,450 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 315,275 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.6 days. Approximately 3.4% of the company’s shares are short sold.

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF Stock Performance

NASDAQ:AAXJ opened at $116.85 on Monday. The company has a market cap of $3.88 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.30 and a beta of 0.73. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $114.31 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $109.95. iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF has a 52-week low of $85.19 and a 52-week high of $124.89.

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 18th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 15th were paid a dividend of $0.4208 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 15th.

Institutional Trading of iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Russell Investments Group Ltd. bought a new stake in iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF during the 3rd quarter worth about $142,000. Glenmede Trust Co. NA boosted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF by 5.4% in the 1st quarter. Glenmede Trust Co. NA now owns 8,243 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $794,000 after purchasing an additional 422 shares during the last quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets boosted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF by 42.0% in the 2nd quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 10,534 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $870,000 after purchasing an additional 3,115 shares during the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. grew its position in shares of iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF by 2.4% during the 2nd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 19,330 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,597,000 after buying an additional 459 shares during the period. Finally, Rathbones Group PLC grew its position in shares of iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF by 9.8% during the 4th quarter. Rathbones Group PLC now owns 23,300 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,170,000 after buying an additional 2,070 shares during the period.

About iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF (the Fund), formerly The iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, of the MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan Index (the Index). The Index is a free-float adjusted market capitalization index designed to measure equity market performance of the 12 countries, such as Australia, China, Honk Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand.