iShares Morningstar Small-Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:ISCV) Short Interest Up 69.2% in May

iShares Morningstar Small-Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:ISCVGet Free Report) was the target of a large increase in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 26,143 shares, an increase of 69.2% from the April 30th total of 15,447 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 9,158 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.9 days. Currently, 0.3% of the shares of the company are short sold.

iShares Morningstar Small-Cap Value ETF Trading Down 0.6%

Shares of ISCV opened at $75.11 on Thursday. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $72.98 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $71.35. The firm has a market cap of $653.46 million, a PE ratio of 13.52 and a beta of 1.00. iShares Morningstar Small-Cap Value ETF has a 1-year low of $59.28 and a 1-year high of $75.77.

Institutional Trading of iShares Morningstar Small-Cap Value ETF

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of ISCV. Flagship Harbor Advisors LLC bought a new position in iShares Morningstar Small-Cap Value ETF in the fourth quarter valued at about $29,000. Bessemer Group Inc. bought a new stake in shares of iShares Morningstar Small-Cap Value ETF during the 1st quarter valued at about $48,000. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of iShares Morningstar Small-Cap Value ETF during the 4th quarter valued at about $58,000. Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. increased its position in shares of iShares Morningstar Small-Cap Value ETF by 16.3% during the 4th quarter. Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. now owns 1,073 shares of the company’s stock valued at $74,000 after purchasing an additional 150 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Basepoint Wealth LLC bought a new position in shares of iShares Morningstar Small-Cap Value ETF in the 4th quarter worth approximately $121,000.

About iShares Morningstar Small-Cap Value ETF

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The iShares Morningstar Small-Cap Value ETF (ISCV) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in small-cap stocks. The fund tracks a market-cap-weighted index of US small-cap value stocks. The index selects stocks from 90-99.5% of market cap that fall into Morningstar’s value style categorization. ISCV was launched on Jun 28, 2004 and is managed by BlackRock.

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