iShares Core High Dividend ETF (NYSEARCA:HDV) Short Interest Down 37.9% in August

iShares Core High Dividend ETF (NYSEARCA:HDV) saw a large decrease in short interest in August. As of August 14th, there was short interest totaling 771,168 shares, a decrease of 37.9% from the July 30th total of 1,242,111 shares. Approximately 0.1% of the company’s shares are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 4,555,753 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.2 days.

iShares Core High Dividend ETF Price Performance

Shares of iShares Core High Dividend ETF stock opened at $29.44 on Monday. The firm has a market cap of $15.20 billion, a PE ratio of 18.55 and a beta of 0.52. The business’s fifty day moving average is $28.53 and its two-hundred day moving average is $27.69. iShares Core High Dividend ETF has a fifty-two week low of $23.51 and a fifty-two week high of $30.13.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of HDV. Corient Private Wealth LLC lifted its stake in shares of iShares Core High Dividend ETF by 195.8% in the fourth quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 130,068 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $15,818,000 after acquiring an additional 86,089 shares in the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC grew its position in shares of iShares Core High Dividend ETF by 4.0% in the 4th quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 2,931,967 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $356,557,000 after acquiring an additional 111,853 shares in the last quarter. 180 Wealth Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares Core High Dividend ETF by 386.2% during the second quarter. 180 Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 54,616 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,497,000 after purchasing an additional 43,383 shares during the period. Gallagher Capital Advisors LLC bought a new position in iShares Core High Dividend ETF in the first quarter worth about $3,934,000. Finally, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC boosted its position in iShares Core High Dividend ETF by 5.1% during the 4th quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 830,428 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $100,988,000 after purchasing an additional 39,927 shares during the period.

iShares Core High Dividend ETF Company Profile

The iShares Core High Dividend ETF (HDV) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the Morningstar Dividend Yield Focus index. The fund tracks a dividend-weighted index of 75 high-yielding US equities, screened for high earnings potential and dividend sustainability. HDV was launched on Mar 29, 2011 and is managed by BlackRock.