iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:HSCZ) Shares Shorted: Short Interest Down 56.4% in September

iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:HSCZ) was the target of a significant drop in short interest in the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 24,138 shares, a drop of 56.4% from the August 31st total of 55,358 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 16,765 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.4 days. Approximately 0.4% of the shares of the stock are short sold.

iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF Trading Down 0.7%

NYSEARCA:HSCZ traded down $0.31 during trading hours on Tuesday, hitting $43.28. 16,104 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 23,965. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $43.56 and its 200 day moving average price is $42.54. iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF has a 52-week low of $37.40 and a 52-week high of $44.42. The company has a market cap of $257.95 million, a P/E ratio of 14.36 and a beta of 0.61.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF

An institutional investor recently raised its stake in iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF stock. First PREMIER Bank boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:HSCZ) by 7.5% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 42,256 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 2,940 shares during the period. First PREMIER Bank owned approximately 0.75% of iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF worth $1,817,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF Company Profile

The iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF (HSCZ) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in small-cap stocks. The fund tracks an index of small-cap stocks from developed markets outside the US and Canada, hedged against movements in the underlying currencies for US investors. HSCZ was launched on Jul 1, 2015 and is managed by BlackRock.