iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (BATS:HEEM) Short Interest Up 283.2% in July

Posted by James Quigley on Aug 13th, 2026

iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (BATS:HEEM – Get Free Report) saw a significant growth in short interest in July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 57,910 shares, a growth of 283.2% from the July 15th total of 15,113 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 258,986 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.2 days. Approximately 1.0% of the company’s shares are short sold.

iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Emerging Markets ETF Price Performance

BATS HEEM opened at $42.24 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $239.08 million, a P/E ratio of 13.80 and a beta of 0.53. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $42.68 and its 200-day moving average is $40.60. iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Emerging Markets ETF has a one year low of $30.88 and a one year high of $46.49.

Institutional Trading of iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

A number of large investors have recently bought and sold shares of HEEM. Jones Financial Companies Lllp acquired a new position in shares of iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Emerging Markets ETF in the first quarter valued at approximately $299,000. Ameriprise Financial Inc. increased its position in shares of iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Emerging Markets ETF by 4.6% during the third quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 26,248 shares of the company’s stock worth $884,000 after acquiring an additional 1,146 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Flow Traders U.S. LLC acquired a new stake in shares of iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Emerging Markets ETF during the third quarter worth $204,000.

iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Emerging Markets ETF Company Profile

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The iShares Currency Hedged MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (HEEM) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in total market equity. The fund tracks an index of broad emerging market equities with currency exposure from the underlying stocks hedged out for USD investors. HEEM was launched on Sep 23, 2014 and is managed by BlackRock.