iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SUSB) Shares Shorted: Short Interest Up 59.7% in September

iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SUSB) was the recipient of a significant growth in short interest in the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totaling 158,866 shares, a growth of 59.7% from the September 15th total of 99,460 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 173,960 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.9 days. Approximately 0.3% of the shares of the company are sold short.

iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF Trading Up 0.0%

Shares of NASDAQ SUSB opened at $24.50 on Friday. iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF has a 12-month low of $24.30 and a 12-month high of $25.39. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $24.62 and a 200-day simple moving average of $24.84.

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

The firm also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, October 6th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, October 1st were paid a $0.0960 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, October 1st. This is a positive change from iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.0957. This represents a $1.15 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.7%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF

Hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. Bank of New York Mellon Corp raised its holdings in shares of iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 8.3% in the 1st quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 670,797 shares of the company’s stock worth $16,814,000 after purchasing an additional 51,627 shares in the last quarter. Bartlett & CO. Wealth Management LLC boosted its holdings in iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 11.0% during the first quarter. Bartlett & CO. Wealth Management LLC now owns 94,598 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,369,000 after buying an additional 9,402 shares in the last quarter. Canandaigua National Bank & Trust Co. bought a new stake in iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF during the third quarter worth approximately $2,049,000. CX Institutional boosted its holdings in iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 4.2% during the second quarter. CX Institutional now owns 41,406 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,035,000 after buying an additional 1,656 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Farther Finance Advisors LLC grew its position in iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 6.1% in the third quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 37,355 shares of the company’s stock worth $913,000 after buying an additional 2,132 shares during the last quarter.

About iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF

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.