iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:IXUS) Short Interest Update

iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:IXUS) was the target of a large growth in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 9,930,000 shares, a growth of 9.7% from the December 15th total of 9,050,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,685,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 5.9 days.

iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:IXUS opened at $66.79 on Monday. The stock has a market capitalization of $37.80 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.97 and a beta of 0.84. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $67.63 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $69.05. iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF has a fifty-two week low of $62.54 and a fifty-two week high of $73.53.

iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 20th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 17th were issued a dividend of $1.1817 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 17th.

Institutional Trading of iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF

Hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. Tradewinds LLC. grew its position in iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF by 4.1% during the 3rd quarter. Tradewinds LLC. now owns 3,700 shares of the company’s stock worth $269,000 after acquiring an additional 146 shares during the last quarter. Icon Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its position 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 buying an additional 161 shares in the last quarter. Harbor Investment Advisory LLC increased its position in iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF by 3.7% in the 4th quarter. Harbor Investment Advisory LLC now owns 5,164 shares of the company’s stock valued at $342,000 after acquiring an additional 184 shares in the last quarter. Madison Park Capital Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF by 6.3% in the third quarter. Madison Park Capital Advisors LLC now owns 3,903 shares of the company’s stock worth $284,000 after acquiring an additional 232 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Cozad Asset Management Inc. lifted its position in shares of iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF by 2.2% during the third quarter. Cozad Asset Management Inc. now owns 10,756 shares of the company’s stock worth $781,000 after purchasing an additional 235 shares in the last quarter.

About iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF

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.