iShares Asia/Pacific Dividend ETF (NYSEARCA:DVYA) Short Interest Up 583.5% in April

iShares Asia/Pacific Dividend ETF (NYSEARCA:DVYA) saw a large increase in short interest during the month of April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totaling 4,634 shares, an increase of 583.5% from the March 31st total of 678 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 11,732 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.4 days. Approximately 0.3% of the shares of the stock are short sold.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares Asia/Pacific Dividend ETF

An institutional investor recently bought a new position in iShares Asia/Pacific Dividend ETF stock. Triumph Capital Management bought a new stake in iShares Asia/Pacific Dividend ETF (NYSEARCA:DVYA) in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor bought 675 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $28,000. Triumph Capital Management owned approximately 0.06% of iShares Asia/Pacific Dividend ETF as of its most recent SEC filing.

iShares Asia/Pacific Dividend ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA:DVYA traded down $0.23 during trading on Friday, reaching $49.55. The stock had a trading volume of 1,730 shares, compared to its average volume of 12,617. iShares Asia/Pacific Dividend ETF has a 1-year low of $35.61 and a 1-year high of $52.00. The stock has a market cap of $69.37 million, a PE ratio of 11.42 and a beta of 0.59. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $49.48 and a 200-day moving average price of $46.60.

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.