Short Interest in iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SUSB) Increases By 5,509.7%

iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SUSB) was the target of a significant increase in short interest in May. As of May 29th, there was short interest totaling 2,028,304 shares, an increase of 5,509.7% from the May 14th total of 36,157 shares. Approximately 4.7% of the company’s stock are short sold. Based on an average trading volume of 1,338,172 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.5 days.

iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF Trading Up 0.1%

Shares of NASDAQ:SUSB opened at $24.89 on Wednesday. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $25.00 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $25.15. iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF has a 52-week low of $24.84 and a 52-week high of $25.39.

iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 4th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 1st were issued a $0.0842 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 1st.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of SUSB. Ameriprise Financial Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 3.8% in the second quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 779,912 shares of the company’s stock valued at $20,292,000 after purchasing an additional 28,670 shares in the last quarter. WFA of San Diego LLC bought a new position in shares of iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF in the second quarter valued at approximately $138,000. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its holdings in shares of iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 15.3% in the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 429,464 shares of the company’s stock valued at $10,870,000 after purchasing an additional 57,108 shares in the last quarter. Rossby Financial LCC bought a new position in shares of iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF in the third quarter valued at approximately $63,000. Finally, Fisher Asset Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 6.4% in the third quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 241,536 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,113,000 after purchasing an additional 14,591 shares in the last quarter.

iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF Company Profile

The iShares ESG 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF (SUSB) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in investment grade fixed income. The fund tracks an index of USD-denominated, investment-grade, short-term corporate debt, selected based on positive ESG characteristics. Holdings are optimally weighted to provide a similar risk and return of the Bloomberg US Corporate 1-5 years Index. SUSB was launched on Jul 11, 2017 and is managed by BlackRock.