iShares Emerging Markets Infrastructure ETF (NASDAQ:EMIF) Sees Significant Growth in Short Interest

iShares Emerging Markets Infrastructure ETF (NASDAQ:EMIF) saw a large growth in short interest during the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 23,551 shares, a growth of 49.1% from the December 31st total of 15,800 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 3,843 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 6.1 days. Approximately 7.9% of the shares of the stock are sold short. Approximately 7.9% of the shares of the stock are sold short. Based on an average trading volume of 3,843 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 6.1 days.

iShares Emerging Markets Infrastructure ETF Stock Down 0.1%

EMIF opened at $28.60 on Tuesday. The firm has a market cap of $10.01 million, a PE ratio of 10.93 and a beta of 0.59. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $27.32 and a 200-day simple moving average of $26.08. iShares Emerging Markets Infrastructure ETF has a fifty-two week low of $19.51 and a fifty-two week high of $29.30.

iShares Emerging Markets Infrastructure ETF Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 19th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 16th were paid a $0.824 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 16th. This represents a yield of 624.0%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A hedge fund recently bought a new stake in iShares Emerging Markets Infrastructure ETF stock. Jones Financial Companies Lllp bought a new position in iShares Emerging Markets Infrastructure ETF (NASDAQ:EMIF) during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm bought 11,207 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $237,000. Jones Financial Companies Lllp owned approximately 3.74% of iShares Emerging Markets Infrastructure ETF at the end of the most recent reporting period.

iShares Emerging Markets Infrastructure ETF Company Profile

iShares Emerging Markets Infrastructure ETF (the Fund), formerly iShares S&P Emerging Markets Infrastructure Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the S&P Emerging Markets Infrastructure Index (the Index). The Index is designed to track performance of 30 of the largest publicly listed companies in the infrastructure industry in the emerging markets. The Index includes three distinct infrastructure sub-sectors: energy, transportation and utilities.