iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF (BATS:ESML) Sees Significant Increase in Short Interest

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF (BATS:ESML) was the target of a large growth in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 151,642 shares, a growth of 104.3% from the April 15th total of 74,235 shares. Approximately 0.3% of the shares of the company are sold short. Based on an average daily volume of 116,078 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.3 days.

Institutional Trading of iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF

Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Aureus Asset Management LLC bought a new stake in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF in the 1st quarter valued at $367,000. Birchwood Financial Partners Inc. raised its holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF by 78.8% in the 1st quarter. Birchwood Financial Partners Inc. now owns 99,013 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,656,000 after acquiring an additional 43,642 shares in the last quarter. Sherman Asset Management Inc. raised its holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF by 34.6% in the 1st quarter. Sherman Asset Management Inc. now owns 3,307 shares of the company’s stock valued at $155,000 after acquiring an additional 851 shares in the last quarter. Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc. acquired a new position in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF in the 1st quarter valued at $1,445,000. Finally, Your Advocates Ltd. LLP raised its holdings in iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF by 99.2% in the 1st quarter. Your Advocates Ltd. LLP now owns 940 shares of the company’s stock valued at $44,000 after acquiring an additional 468 shares in the last quarter.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF Price Performance

ESML opened at $50.97 on Friday. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $49.20 and a 200 day simple moving average of $47.99. The company has a market capitalization of $2.27 billion, a PE ratio of 17.85 and a beta of 1.08. iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF has a 1 year low of $38.60 and a 1 year high of $52.71.

About iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF

The iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA Small-Cap ETF (ESML) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in small-cap stocks. The fund tracks an index of US small-cap companies with high environmental, social, and governance factor scores as determined by MSCI. ESML was launched on Apr 10, 2018 and is managed by BlackRock.