iShares ESG Advanced MSCI EM ETF (NASDAQ:EMXF) Short Interest Update

iShares ESG Advanced MSCI EM ETF (NASDAQ:EMXF) saw a large growth in short interest in the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totalling 21,000 shares, a growth of 75.0% from the February 13th total of 12,000 shares. Currently, 0.9% of the company’s shares are sold short. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 6,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.3 days.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On iShares ESG Advanced MSCI EM ETF

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in EMXF. Hart & Patterson Financial Group LLC lifted its position in iShares ESG Advanced MSCI EM ETF by 5.3% in the 4th quarter. Hart & Patterson Financial Group LLC now owns 6,766 shares of the company’s stock valued at $252,000 after acquiring an additional 342 shares in the last quarter. Ally Invest Advisors Inc. lifted its position in iShares ESG Advanced MSCI EM ETF by 4.5% in the 4th quarter. Ally Invest Advisors Inc. now owns 8,383 shares of the company’s stock valued at $312,000 after acquiring an additional 360 shares in the last quarter. RWA Wealth Partners LLC lifted its position in iShares ESG Advanced MSCI EM ETF by 1.3% in the 4th quarter. RWA Wealth Partners LLC now owns 57,673 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,149,000 after acquiring an additional 739 shares in the last quarter. Optas LLC lifted its position in iShares ESG Advanced MSCI EM ETF by 8.0% in the 4th quarter. Optas LLC now owns 10,493 shares of the company’s stock valued at $391,000 after acquiring an additional 774 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Walkner Condon Financial Advisors LLC lifted its position in iShares ESG Advanced MSCI EM ETF by 2.4% in the 4th quarter. Walkner Condon Financial Advisors LLC now owns 35,907 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,338,000 after acquiring an additional 833 shares in the last quarter.

iShares ESG Advanced MSCI EM ETF Trading Up 1.9 %

Shares of EMXF stock traded up $0.74 on Friday, hitting $38.99. The stock had a trading volume of 10,850 shares, compared to its average volume of 7,199. iShares ESG Advanced MSCI EM ETF has a twelve month low of $34.18 and a twelve month high of $41.55. The firm has a market cap of $89.68 million, a P/E ratio of 13.25 and a beta of 0.63. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $38.16 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $38.71.

iShares ESG Advanced MSCI EM ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 3rd. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 30th were issued a $0.0259 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, December 30th.

About iShares ESG Advanced MSCI EM ETF

The iShares ESG Advanced MSCI EM ETF (EMXF) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in total market equity. The fund tracks a market cap-weighted index of large- and mid-cap equities in emerging markets, screened for positive ESG rating while also screening for involvement in controversial activities.