iShares Emerging Markets Equity Factor ETF (BATS:EMGF) Short Interest Update

iShares Emerging Markets Equity Factor ETF (BATS:EMGF) was the recipient of a large decline in short interest in the month of May. As of May 29th, there was short interest totaling 2,362 shares, a decline of 99.3% from the May 14th total of 317,649 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 192,484 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.0 days. Currently, 0.0% of the shares of the company are short sold.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares Emerging Markets Equity Factor ETF

Hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of iShares Emerging Markets Equity Factor ETF by 38.3% during the 1st quarter. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 1,606 shares of the company’s stock valued at $97,000 after acquiring an additional 445 shares during the period. Worth Asset Management LLC bought a new position in iShares Emerging Markets Equity Factor ETF in the 1st quarter worth $506,000. Captrust Financial Advisors boosted its holdings in iShares Emerging Markets Equity Factor ETF by 2.2% in the 4th quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 18,741 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,084,000 after buying an additional 398 shares during the period. First Citizens Financial Corp boosted its holdings in iShares Emerging Markets Equity Factor ETF by 8.4% in the 4th quarter. First Citizens Financial Corp now owns 19,135 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,107,000 after buying an additional 1,486 shares during the period. Finally, Hirtle Callaghan & Co LLC boosted its holdings in iShares Emerging Markets Equity Factor ETF by 1.7% in the 4th quarter. Hirtle Callaghan & Co LLC now owns 21,314 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,233,000 after buying an additional 350 shares during the period.

iShares Emerging Markets Equity Factor ETF Stock Performance

Shares of EMGF stock traded down $0.02 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, reaching $70.84. 141,723 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 155,486. iShares Emerging Markets Equity Factor ETF has a 12 month low of $49.87 and a 12 month high of $76.23. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $68.54 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $63.51. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.25 billion, a PE ratio of 13.32 and a beta of 0.59.

About iShares Emerging Markets Equity Factor ETF

The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Multifactor ETF (EMGF) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI EM Diversified Multiple-Factor index. The fund tracks an index of large- and mid-cap emerging market firms, selected and weighted to increase exposure to quality, value, momentum and size. EMGF was launched on Dec 8, 2015 and is managed by BlackRock.