Short Interest in iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:IXUS) Declines By 57.7%

iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:IXUS) saw a significant decline in short interest in the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 2,549,236 shares, a decline of 57.7% from the June 15th total of 6,025,196 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,085,234 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.2 days. Currently, 0.4% of the shares of the company are sold short.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Captrust Financial Advisors raised its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF by 37.9% during the 3rd quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 8,334,604 shares of the company’s stock valued at $688,270,000 after purchasing an additional 2,289,007 shares during the period. Farther Finance Advisors LLC boosted its stake in iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF by 204.2% in the 4th quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 96,271 shares of the company’s stock worth $8,148,000 after purchasing an additional 64,623 shares during the period. Cadinha & Co. LLC grew its holdings in iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF by 344.6% during the 4th quarter. Cadinha & Co. LLC now owns 214,820 shares of the company’s stock valued at $18,182,000 after buying an additional 166,499 shares in the last quarter. Finley Financial LLC grew its holdings in iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF by 5.3% during the 4th quarter. Finley Financial LLC now owns 207,909 shares of the company’s stock valued at $17,597,000 after buying an additional 10,532 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Manning & Napier Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF by 18.7% during the fourth quarter. Manning & Napier Advisors LLC now owns 44,353 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,769,000 after buying an additional 6,973 shares during the period.

iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF Trading Up 1.1%

Shares of IXUS stock traded up $0.99 during trading on Tuesday, reaching $94.56. 1,447,033 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 2,458,575. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $95.28 and its 200 day moving average is $91.42. The company has a market capitalization of $58.33 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.14 and a beta of 0.77. iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF has a 1 year low of $75.96 and a 1 year high of $97.93.

iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 18th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 15th were issued a dividend of $1.2331 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 15th.

iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF Company Profile

The iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF (IXUS) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI AC World ex USA IMI index, a market-cap-weighted index of global stocks covering 99% of the global market capitalization outside the US. IXUS was launched on Oct 18, 2012 and is managed by BlackRock.