iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF (NASDAQ:EMB) Short Interest Down 9.0% in July

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF (NASDAQ:EMB) was the recipient of a large decline in short interest during the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 17,110,000 shares, a decline of 9.0% from the July 15th total of 18,800,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 5,356,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.2 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Bessemer Group Inc. raised its holdings in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 16.1% in the 1st quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. now owns 2,033,197 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $182,317,000 after acquiring an additional 281,339 shares during the last quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets raised its holdings in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 312.0% in the 4th quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 1,433,655 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $127,681,000 after acquiring an additional 1,085,683 shares during the last quarter. TIAA Trust National Association increased its holdings in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 1.4% during the 2nd quarter. TIAA Trust National Association now owns 1,268,093 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $112,201,000 after buying an additional 17,401 shares during the last quarter. Brevan Howard Capital Management LP increased its holdings in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 167.4% during the 4th quarter. Brevan Howard Capital Management LP now owns 1,244,000 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $110,791,000 after buying an additional 3,089,000 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. increased its holdings in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 28.6% during the 2nd quarter. Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. now owns 1,006,765 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $89,079,000 after buying an additional 223,760 shares during the last quarter. 91.08% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF Trading Up 0.2 %

Shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF stock traded up $0.18 during trading on Tuesday, hitting $91.99. 2,726,774 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 6,059,471. iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF has a fifty-two week low of $79.70 and a fifty-two week high of $92.02. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $89.69 and a 200 day moving average price of $88.88.

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, August 6th. Investors of record on Thursday, August 1st were given a dividend of $0.3909 per share. This is an increase from iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.38. This represents a $4.69 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.10%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, August 1st.

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF Company Profile

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF, formerly iShares JPMorgan USD Emerging Markets Bond Fund (the Fund), is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the JPMorgan EMBI Global Core Index (the Index). The Index is a diverse United States dollar-denominated emerging markets debt benchmark, which tracks the total return of actively traded external debt instruments in emerging market countries.