iShares Asia/Pacific Dividend ETF (NYSEARCA:DVYA) Short Interest Down 72.0% in April

iShares Asia/Pacific Dividend ETF (NYSEARCA:DVYA) was the recipient of a large drop in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 1,296 shares, a drop of 72.0% from the April 15th total of 4,634 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 4,729 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.3 days. Approximately 0.1% of the shares of the stock are short sold.

iShares Asia/Pacific Dividend ETF Price Performance

DVYA stock traded up $0.21 during trading on Wednesday, hitting $51.12. The stock had a trading volume of 6,195 shares, compared to its average volume of 11,425. iShares Asia/Pacific Dividend ETF has a twelve month low of $36.89 and a twelve month high of $52.00. The stock has a market capitalization of $71.57 million, a P/E ratio of 11.42 and a beta of 0.58. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $49.32 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $47.18.

Institutional Investors 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 acquired a new position in iShares Asia/Pacific Dividend ETF (NYSEARCA:DVYA) during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund acquired 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.

About iShares Asia/Pacific Dividend ETF

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.