iShares International Select Dividend ETF (BATS:IDV) Short Interest Down 72.8% in April

iShares International Select Dividend ETF (BATS:IDV) was the target of a large decrease in short interest in April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 98,180 shares, a decrease of 72.8% from the April 15th total of 360,847 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 924,036 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.1 days. Approximately 0.1% of the shares of the company are short sold.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Ameriprise Financial Inc. increased its stake in shares of iShares International Select Dividend ETF by 1.1% in the second quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 3,947,824 shares of the company’s stock worth $137,315,000 after acquiring an additional 43,708 shares during the period. Captrust Financial Advisors increased its stake in shares of iShares International Select Dividend ETF by 32.3% in the second quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 91,688 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,164,000 after acquiring an additional 22,361 shares during the period. TD Private Client Wealth LLC increased its stake in shares of iShares International Select Dividend ETF by 33.9% in the third quarter. TD Private Client Wealth LLC now owns 413,985 shares of the company’s stock worth $15,131,000 after acquiring an additional 104,721 shares during the period. Leavell Investment Management Inc. increased its stake in shares of iShares International Select Dividend ETF by 1.8% in the third quarter. Leavell Investment Management Inc. now owns 24,038 shares of the company’s stock worth $879,000 after acquiring an additional 430 shares during the period. Finally, Arkadios Wealth Advisors increased its stake in shares of iShares International Select Dividend ETF by 5.8% in the third quarter. Arkadios Wealth Advisors now owns 718,900 shares of the company’s stock worth $26,276,000 after acquiring an additional 39,121 shares during the period.

iShares International Select Dividend ETF Trading Up 0.3%

Shares of iShares International Select Dividend ETF stock opened at $45.04 on Friday. iShares International Select Dividend ETF has a 12-month low of $32.84 and a 12-month high of $45.18. The firm has a market capitalization of $6.96 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.09 and a beta of 0.76. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $43.10 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $41.20.

iShares International Select Dividend ETF Company Profile

iShares International Select Dividend ETF, formerly iShares Dow Jones International Select Dividend Index Fund, seeks investment results that correspond to the price and yield performance of the Dow Jones EPAC Select Dividend Index (the Index). The Index measures the performance of a selected group of equity securities issued by companies that have provided relatively high dividend yields on a consistent basis over time. The Index consists of 100 of the highest dividend-yielding securities (excluding real estate investment trusts (REITs) in the Dow Jones World Developed-Ex.