iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF (NASDAQ:EWZS) Short Interest Update

iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF (NASDAQ:EWZS) was the recipient of a large decline in short interest in February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totalling 123,600 shares, a decline of 18.0% from the February 13th total of 150,800 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 267,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.5 days. Approximately 1.1% of the company’s shares are short sold.

iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF Price Performance

Shares of EWZS remained flat at $11.00 during trading hours on Tuesday. 153,886 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 294,845. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $10.24 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $11.05. The stock has a market cap of $123.20 million, a P/E ratio of 9.18 and a beta of 1.10. iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF has a 52-week low of $9.11 and a 52-week high of $14.73.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of EWZS. RPg Family Wealth Advisory LLC boosted its stake in iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF by 6.2% during the third quarter. RPg Family Wealth Advisory LLC now owns 117,287 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,475,000 after acquiring an additional 6,843 shares in the last quarter. National Bank of Canada FI bought a new stake in iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF during the fourth quarter worth about $54,000. OLD Mission Capital LLC bought a new stake in iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF during the fourth quarter worth about $2,413,000. Bank of Nova Scotia boosted its stake in iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF by 29.0% during the fourth quarter. Bank of Nova Scotia now owns 42,980 shares of the company’s stock worth $400,000 after acquiring an additional 9,650 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Jane Street Group LLC boosted its stake in iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF by 3,209.3% during the fourth quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 1,169,789 shares of the company’s stock worth $10,821,000 after acquiring an additional 1,134,440 shares in the last quarter.

iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF Company Profile

iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF, formerly iShares MSCI Brazil Small Cap Index Fund (the Fund), is an exchange traded fund. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the MSCI Brazil Small Cap Index (the Underlying Index). The Underlying Index is a free-float adjusted market capitalization weighted index designed to measure the performance of equity securities in the bottom 14% by market capitalization of equity securities listed on stock exchanges in Brazil.