iShares Asia/Pacific Dividend ETF (NYSEARCA:DVYA) Short Interest Up 1,121.6% in July

iShares Asia/Pacific Dividend ETF (NYSEARCA:DVYA) saw a significant growth in short interest in July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 17,725 shares, a growth of 1,121.6% from the July 15th total of 1,451 shares. Approximately 1.3% of the company’s stock are short sold. Based on an average trading volume of 4,759 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.7 days.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On iShares Asia/Pacific Dividend ETF

A hedge fund recently bought a new stake in iShares Asia/Pacific Dividend ETF stock. Triumph Capital Management purchased a new stake in shares of iShares Asia/Pacific Dividend ETF (NYSEARCA:DVYA) during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund purchased 675 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $28,000. Triumph Capital Management owned about 0.06% of iShares Asia/Pacific Dividend ETF at the end of the most recent quarter.

iShares Asia/Pacific Dividend ETF Trading Down 0.4%

DVYA stock opened at $51.20 on Thursday. iShares Asia/Pacific Dividend ETF has a twelve month low of $41.23 and a twelve month high of $52.00. The company has a market capitalization of $71.68 million, a P/E ratio of 11.42 and a beta of 0.57. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $49.21 and a 200-day simple moving average of $49.53.

iShares Asia/Pacific Dividend ETF Company Profile

The iShares Asia\u002FPacific Dividend ETF (DVYA) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in high dividend yield equity. The fund tracks a dividend-weighted index of consistent highest dividend-yielding companies in the Asia-Pacific region. DVYA was launched on Feb 23, 2012 and is managed by BlackRock.