iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SUSB) Short Interest Update

iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SUSB) saw a large growth in short interest in the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totalling 128,500 shares, a growth of 84.4% from the February 28th total of 69,700 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 206,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.6 days. Approximately 0.3% of the shares of the company are short sold.

Institutional Trading of iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its holdings in iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 332.8% during the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 392,337 shares of the company’s stock worth $9,871,000 after purchasing an additional 301,684 shares in the last quarter. Flow Traders U.S. LLC acquired a new position in shares of iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF during the 3rd quarter valued at $2,940,000. ST Germain D J Co. Inc. raised its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 25.1% in the 4th quarter. ST Germain D J Co. Inc. now owns 300,924 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,433,000 after buying an additional 60,339 shares in the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. raised its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 5.8% in the 4th quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 579,540 shares of the company’s stock worth $14,314,000 after buying an additional 31,727 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Klaas Financial Asset Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 26.3% in the fourth quarter. Klaas Financial Asset Advisors LLC now owns 141,037 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,484,000 after buying an additional 29,391 shares during the period.

iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF Price Performance

Shares of SUSB opened at $24.99 on Friday. iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF has a one year low of $24.17 and a one year high of $25.20. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $24.85 and its 200-day moving average is $24.86.

iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 6th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 3rd were paid a dividend of $0.0928 per share. This is a boost from iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.09. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 3rd.

About iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF

The iShares ESG 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF (SUSB) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in investment grade fixed income. The fund tracks an index of USD-denominated, investment-grade, short-term corporate debt, selected based on positive ESG characteristics. Holdings are optimally weighted to provide a similar risk and return of the Bloomberg US Corporate 1-5 years Index.