iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SUSB) Short Interest Up 66.1% in July

iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SUSB) was the target of a large increase in short interest in July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 91,112 shares, an increase of 66.1% from the July 15th total of 54,848 shares. Approximately 0.2% of the shares of the company are sold short. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 165,119 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.6 days.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Ameriprise Financial Inc. grew its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 4.1% during the 3rd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 812,047 shares of the company’s stock worth $20,545,000 after purchasing an additional 32,135 shares during the period. Bank of New York Mellon Corp lifted its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 8.3% in the first quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 670,797 shares of the company’s stock valued at $16,814,000 after purchasing an additional 51,627 shares during the period. ST Germain D J Co. Inc. lifted its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 12.3% in the fourth quarter. ST Germain D J Co. Inc. now owns 437,666 shares of the company’s stock valued at $11,047,000 after purchasing an additional 47,877 shares during the period. Fisher Asset Management LLC boosted its holdings in iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 7.4% during the fourth quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 259,438 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,548,000 after buying an additional 17,902 shares in the last quarter. Finally, One Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 8.0% during the third quarter. One Capital Management LLC now owns 122,856 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,110,000 after buying an additional 9,143 shares in the last quarter.

iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF Stock Down 0.0%

Shares of SUSB traded down $0.01 during mid-day trading on Monday, hitting $24.86. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 40,683 shares, compared to its average volume of 231,778. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $24.89 and a 200 day simple moving average of $25.03. iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF has a 1-year low of $24.77 and a 1-year high of $25.39.

iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, August 6th. Investors of record on Monday, August 3rd were issued a dividend of $0.0954 per share. This is a boost from iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.08. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, August 3rd.

iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF Company Profile

The iShares ESG 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF (SUSB) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in investment grade fixed income. The fund tracks an index of USD-denominated, investment-grade, short-term corporate debt, selected based on positive ESG characteristics. Holdings are optimally weighted to provide a similar risk and return of the Bloomberg US Corporate 1-5 years Index. SUSB was launched on Jul 11, 2017 and is managed by BlackRock.