iShares Dow Jones U.S. ETF (NYSEARCA:IYY) Shares Shorted: Short Interest Down 39.3% in September

iShares Dow Jones U.S. ETF (NYSEARCA:IYY) was the target of a significant drop in short interest during the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totaling 5,274 shares, a drop of 39.3% from the September 15th total of 8,686 shares. Approximately 0.0% of the shares of the company are short sold. Based on an average trading volume of 13,238 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.4 days.

iShares Dow Jones U.S. ETF Trading Down 1.2%

Shares of IYY stock opened at $185.40 on Friday. iShares Dow Jones U.S. ETF has a 1 year low of $153.32 and a 1 year high of $190.10. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $187.02 and its 200 day simple moving average is $181.04. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.98 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.52 and a beta of 1.01.

Institutional Trading of iShares Dow Jones U.S. ETF

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. increased its holdings in shares of iShares Dow Jones U.S. ETF by 4.2% during the 3rd quarter. TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. now owns 5,651 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,050,000 after purchasing an additional 230 shares during the period. ASL Financial LLC raised its position in shares of iShares Dow Jones U.S. ETF by 1.2% during the third quarter. ASL Financial LLC now owns 20,480 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,797,000 after buying an additional 240 shares during the last quarter. KERR FINANCIAL PLANNING Corp raised its position in shares of iShares Dow Jones U.S. ETF by 3.2% during the first quarter. KERR FINANCIAL PLANNING Corp now owns 9,794 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,691,000 after buying an additional 303 shares during the last quarter. IFP Advisors Inc lifted its stake in shares of iShares Dow Jones U.S. ETF by 29.3% in the second quarter. IFP Advisors Inc now owns 1,385 shares of the company’s stock valued at $252,000 after buying an additional 314 shares during the period. Finally, Farther Finance Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of iShares Dow Jones U.S. ETF by 3.8% in the third quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 8,947 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,659,000 after buying an additional 326 shares during the period.

iShares Dow Jones U.S. ETF Company Profile

iShares Dow Jones US ETF, formerly iShares Dow Jones U.S. Index Fund (the Fund), is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Dow Jones U.S. Index (the Index). The Index measures the performance of the broad United States equity market, and is consisted of all of the companies in the Dow Jones Large-Cap Index, Dow Jones Mid-Cap Index and Dow Jones Small-Cap Index. The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index.