iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF (NYSEARCA:IJS) Short Interest Down 77.5% in June

iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF (NYSEARCA:IJS) was the recipient of a significant decrease in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 80,636 shares, a decrease of 77.5% from the May 31st total of 358,161 shares. Approximately 0.1% of the shares of the stock are sold short. Based on an average daily volume of 670,685 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.1 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of IJS. Brighton Jones LLC boosted its position in shares of iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF by 6.0% during the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 7,688 shares of the company’s stock valued at $835,000 after purchasing an additional 436 shares in the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF by 189.9% in the 1st quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 7,247 shares of the company’s stock worth $706,000 after purchasing an additional 4,747 shares in the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. raised its holdings in shares of iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF by 9.1% in the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 188,181 shares of the company’s stock worth $18,344,000 after purchasing an additional 15,669 shares in the last quarter. Jane Street Group LLC lifted its stake in iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF by 751.6% during the first quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 26,400 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,573,000 after purchasing an additional 23,300 shares during the last quarter. Finally, First Trust Advisors LP boosted its holdings in iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF by 2.5% during the second quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 5,546 shares of the company’s stock worth $552,000 after buying an additional 136 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 71.86% of the company’s stock.

iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF Stock Down 0.4%

NYSEARCA IJS traded down $0.59 on Monday, reaching $136.34. 146,054 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 481,501. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $130.23 and its 200 day simple moving average is $123.56. The company has a market cap of $8.34 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.92 and a beta of 1.00. iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF has a 12 month low of $97.90 and a 12 month high of $137.07.

iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF Company Profile

iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF, formerly iShares S&P SmallCap 600 Value Index Fund (the Fund), is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the S&P SmallCap 600 Value Index (the Index). The Index measures the performance of the small-capitalization value sector of the United States equity market and consists of those stocks in the S&P SmallCap 600 Index exhibiting the strongest value characteristics. The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index.