Schwab US Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:SCHA) Short Interest Up 291.6% in April

Schwab US Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:SCHA) was the recipient of a large growth in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 2,623,856 shares, a growth of 291.6% from the April 15th total of 669,991 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,798,574 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.5 days. Approximately 0.4% of the shares of the company are short sold.

Institutional Trading of Schwab US Small-Cap ETF

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Investment Research Partners LLC lifted its stake in shares of Schwab US Small-Cap ETF by 2.7% during the 4th quarter. Investment Research Partners LLC now owns 12,697 shares of the company’s stock valued at $362,000 after buying an additional 330 shares in the last quarter. Rossby Financial LCC lifted its stake in shares of Schwab US Small-Cap ETF by 27.3% during the 4th quarter. Rossby Financial LCC now owns 1,586 shares of the company’s stock valued at $45,000 after buying an additional 340 shares in the last quarter. Zhang Financial LLC lifted its stake in shares of Schwab US Small-Cap ETF by 1.6% during the 4th quarter. Zhang Financial LLC now owns 22,176 shares of the company’s stock valued at $632,000 after buying an additional 359 shares in the last quarter. Geometric Wealth Advisors lifted its stake in shares of Schwab US Small-Cap ETF by 2.2% during the 4th quarter. Geometric Wealth Advisors now owns 16,847 shares of the company’s stock valued at $480,000 after buying an additional 365 shares in the last quarter. Finally, CWA Asset Management Group LLC lifted its stake in shares of Schwab US Small-Cap ETF by 1.3% during the 4th quarter. CWA Asset Management Group LLC now owns 30,700 shares of the company’s stock valued at $874,000 after buying an additional 381 shares in the last quarter.

Schwab US Small-Cap ETF Price Performance

Shares of Schwab US Small-Cap ETF stock traded down $0.57 on Friday, reaching $32.58. 1,327,150 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 3,087,830. The firm has a market capitalization of $22.43 billion, a PE ratio of 17.65 and a beta of 1.10. The company has a 50 day moving average of $30.76 and a 200 day moving average of $29.82. Schwab US Small-Cap ETF has a 52 week low of $23.55 and a 52 week high of $33.66.

Schwab US Small-Cap ETF Company Profile

Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF (the Fund) seeks to track the total return of the Dow Jones U.S. Small-Cap Total Stock Market Index. The Dow Jones U.S. Small-Cap Total Stock Market Index includes the components ranked 751-2500 by full market capitalization. The Index is a float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index. The types of derivatives used by the Fund are options, futures, options on futures and swaps. The Fund may lend its portfolio securities to brokers, dealers and other financial institutions.