iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF (NASDAQ:SUSL) Stock Short Interest Declines 75.9%

iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF (NASDAQ:SUSL) was the recipient of a large decrease in short interest in the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totaling 9,732 shares, a decrease of 75.9% from the September 15th total of 40,394 shares. Approximately 0.1% of the shares of the stock are sold short. Based on an average trading volume of 22,526 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.4 days.

iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF Stock Down 0.1%

Shares of SUSL traded down $0.20 during trading hours on Tuesday, hitting $138.69. 7,630 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 27,866. iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF has a fifty-two week low of $109.85 and a fifty-two week high of $140.02. The company has a market cap of $1.25 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.42 and a beta of 1.04. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $137.13 and its 200 day moving average is $131.20.

iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 18th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 15th were given a dividend of $0.3259 per share. This is a positive change from iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.2852. This represents a $1.30 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.9%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, September 15th.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF

A number of large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Your Advocates Ltd. LLP boosted its holdings in shares of iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF by 166.4% in the 1st quarter. Your Advocates Ltd. LLP now owns 1,417 shares of the company’s stock valued at $161,000 after purchasing an additional 885 shares in the last quarter. Gateway Wealth Partners LLC acquired a new position in shares of iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF during the 1st quarter worth $219,000. Kestra Advisory Services LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF by 215.6% during the 1st quarter. Kestra Advisory Services LLC now owns 2,086 shares of the company’s stock worth $237,000 after buying an additional 1,425 shares in the last quarter. Personal CFO Solutions LLC acquired a new position in shares of iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF during the 1st quarter worth $239,000. Finally, PNC Financial Services Group Inc. raised its holdings in shares of iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF by 3.6% during the 1st quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 2,311 shares of the company’s stock worth $262,000 after buying an additional 80 shares in the last quarter.

About iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF

The iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF (SUSL) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI USA Extended ESG Leaders index. The fund tracks an index of US large- and mid-cap firms with the highest ESG ratings, weighted by market-cap within each sector buckets. SUSL was launched on May 7, 2019 and is managed by BlackRock.