iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:IXUS) Short Interest Down 48.1% in February

iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:IXUS) was the target of a significant decline in short interest in February. As of February 15th, there was short interest totalling 3,480,000 shares, a decline of 48.1% from the January 31st total of 6,710,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,819,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.9 days.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Tradewinds LLC. grew its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF by 4.1% in the third quarter. Tradewinds LLC. now owns 3,700 shares of the company’s stock valued at $269,000 after buying an additional 146 shares in the last quarter. Icon Wealth Advisors LLC grew its stake in iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF by 1.9% during the 3rd quarter. Icon Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 8,444 shares of the company’s stock worth $613,000 after purchasing an additional 161 shares in the last quarter. Harbor Investment Advisory LLC grew its stake in iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF by 3.7% during the 4th quarter. Harbor Investment Advisory LLC now owns 5,164 shares of the company’s stock worth $342,000 after purchasing an additional 184 shares in the last quarter. Horan Securities Inc. grew its stake in iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF by 1.8% during the 4th quarter. Horan Securities Inc. now owns 11,051 shares of the company’s stock worth $731,000 after purchasing an additional 194 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Mitchell Capital Management Co. grew its stake in iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF by 2.8% during the 4th quarter. Mitchell Capital Management Co. now owns 8,175 shares of the company’s stock worth $541,000 after purchasing an additional 225 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF Trading Down 0.2 %

Shares of NASDAQ IXUS opened at $69.67 on Friday. iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF has a twelve month low of $63.61 and a twelve month high of $73.53. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $68.03 and a 200-day simple moving average of $69.26. The stock has a market capitalization of $39.43 billion, a PE ratio of 16.42 and a beta of 0.84.

iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 20th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 17th were paid a $1.1817 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 17th.

iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF Company Profile

The iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF (IXUS) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI AC World ex USA IMI index, a market-cap-weighted index of global stocks covering 99% of the global market capitalization outside the US. IXUS was launched on Oct 18, 2012 and is managed by BlackRock.