Short Interest in iShares ESG Select Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF (BATS:XJR) Expands By 101.6%

iShares ESG Select Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF (BATS:XJR) was the recipient of a large increase in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 14,203 shares, an increase of 101.6% from the April 30th total of 7,045 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 7,647 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.9 days. Approximately 0.6% of the company’s shares are sold short.

Institutional Trading of iShares ESG Select Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF

Hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Highline Wealth Partners LLC bought a new stake in shares of iShares ESG Select Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF in the 4th quarter valued at $34,000. Birchwood Financial Partners Inc. bought a new stake in shares of iShares ESG Select Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF in the 4th quarter valued at $40,000. Bartlett & CO. Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of iShares ESG Select Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF in the 1st quarter valued at $230,000. Gould Asset Management LLC CA increased its stake in shares of iShares ESG Select Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF by 5.4% in the 1st quarter. Gould Asset Management LLC CA now owns 9,155 shares of the company’s stock valued at $399,000 after acquiring an additional 465 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Atlantic Private Wealth LLC increased its stake in shares of iShares ESG Select Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF by 2.3% in the 1st quarter. Atlantic Private Wealth LLC now owns 16,493 shares of the company’s stock valued at $718,000 after acquiring an additional 370 shares in the last quarter.

iShares ESG Select Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF Stock Performance

iShares ESG Select Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF stock opened at $49.02 on Monday. iShares ESG Select Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF has a 52-week low of $37.83 and a 52-week high of $49.65. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $46.59 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $44.94. The firm has a market cap of $122.55 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.84 and a beta of 1.10.

About iShares ESG Select Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF

The iShares ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF (XJR) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in small-cap stocks. The fund tracks a market-cap weighted index of US small-caps screened for sustainability and excluding those with exposure to certain controversial business activities. XJR was launched on Sep 22, 2020 and is managed by BlackRock.