iShares Core International Aggregate Bond ETF (BATS:IAGG) Sees Large Decrease in Short Interest

iShares Core International Aggregate Bond ETF (BATS:IAGG) saw a significant decline in short interest in October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totaling 837,598 shares, a decline of 91.0% from the September 30th total of 9,292,658 shares. Currently, 0.4% of the company’s stock are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 2,292,008 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.4 days.

iShares Core International Aggregate Bond ETF Trading Up 0.1%

BATS:IAGG traded up $0.04 during trading hours on Monday, reaching $49.41. 1,132,151 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,651,937. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $49.44 and a 200 day moving average of $49.84. iShares Core International Aggregate Bond ETF has a twelve month low of $48.81 and a twelve month high of $51.82.

iShares Core International Aggregate Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, October 6th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, October 1st were given a dividend of $0.3151 per share. This is a drop from iShares Core International Aggregate Bond ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.4153. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, October 1st. This represents a $1.26 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.6%.

Institutional Trading of iShares Core International Aggregate Bond ETF

A number of large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in IAGG. Morton Brown Family Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in iShares Core International Aggregate Bond ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at about $359,000. NBT Bank N.A. acquired a new position in shares of iShares Core International Aggregate Bond ETF in the third quarter valued at $2,152,000. SBI Securities Co. Ltd. raised its position in shares of iShares Core International Aggregate Bond ETF by 198.5% in the third quarter. SBI Securities Co. Ltd. now owns 609 shares of the company’s stock valued at $30,000 after purchasing an additional 405 shares during the period. Fifth Third Securities Inc. raised its position in shares of iShares Core International Aggregate Bond ETF by 64.1% in the third quarter. Fifth Third Securities Inc. now owns 26,114 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,285,000 after purchasing an additional 10,202 shares during the period. Finally, Prime Capital Investment Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of iShares Core International Aggregate Bond ETF by 2.5% in the third quarter. Prime Capital Investment Advisors LLC now owns 1,115,625 shares of the company’s stock valued at $54,889,000 after purchasing an additional 26,872 shares during the period.

iShares Core International Aggregate Bond ETF Company Profile

The iShares Core International Aggregate Bond ETF (IAGG) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in investment grade fixed income. The fund tracks an index composed of global non-U.S. dollar denominated investment grade bonds, hedged against currency fluctuations for USD investors. IAGG was launched on Nov 10, 2015 and is managed by BlackRock.