iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:HEFA) Short Interest Down 44.0% in June

iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF (BATS:HEFA) saw a large decline in short interest in the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 261,528 shares, a decline of 44.0% from the June 15th total of 467,213 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 402,768 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.6 days. Approximately 0.2% of the company’s shares are sold short.

iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF Price Performance

HEFA opened at $46.10 on Friday. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $45.82 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $44.19. The firm has a market capitalization of $7.77 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.74 and a beta of 0.67. iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF has a one year low of $37.05 and a one year high of $47.18.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Valeo Financial Advisors LLC raised its holdings in iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF by 1.6% in the second quarter. Valeo Financial Advisors LLC now owns 37,433 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,757,000 after purchasing an additional 575 shares in the last quarter. Arlington Trust Co LLC bought a new position in shares of iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF in the second quarter worth approximately $85,000. CX Institutional lifted its position in iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF by 0.3% in the 2nd quarter. CX Institutional now owns 274,278 shares of the company’s stock valued at $12,871,000 after acquiring an additional 928 shares in the last quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF by 163.3% during the first quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 12,505 shares of the company’s stock valued at $531,000 after buying an additional 7,755 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Immaculate Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF during the 1st quarter valued at about $1,161,000.

iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF Company Profile

The iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE ETF (HEFA) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in total market equity. The fund tracks a market cap-weighted, USD-hedged index of large- and mid-cap stocks from developed countries outside the US and Canada. HEFA was launched on Jan 31, 2014 and is managed by BlackRock.