iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Asia ETF (NASDAQ:EEMA) Short Interest Update

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Asia ETF (NASDAQ:EEMA) was the recipient of a large drop in short interest in January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 100 shares, a drop of 66.7% from the January 15th total of 300 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 63,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.0 days.

Institutional Trading of iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Asia ETF

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of EEMA. Madison Investment Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Asia ETF during the fourth quarter valued at $31,560,000. Bank of New York Mellon Corp boosted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Asia ETF by 2.6% during the 4th quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 84,746 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,072,000 after purchasing an additional 2,181 shares during the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Asia ETF by 41.4% during the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 2,960 shares of the company’s stock worth $232,000 after purchasing an additional 867 shares during the last quarter. Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC purchased a new stake in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Asia ETF in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $209,000. Finally, Flow Traders U.S. LLC acquired a new position in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Asia ETF in the third quarter valued at $9,425,000.

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Asia ETF Trading Up 1.1 %

Shares of EEMA stock traded up $0.79 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, reaching $74.38. The stock had a trading volume of 21,383 shares, compared to its average volume of 86,302. The company has a market cap of $468.59 million, a P/E ratio of 13.33 and a beta of 0.69. iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Asia ETF has a 12-month low of $64.06 and a 12-month high of $82.13. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $72.73 and a 200 day simple moving average of $74.02.

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Asia ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 20th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 17th were given a dividend of $1.0001 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 17th. This is a boost from iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Asia ETF’s previous dividend of $0.31.

About iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Asia ETF

The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Asia ETF (EEMA) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI EM Asia Custom Capped index, a market-cap-weighted index of Asian emerging markets firms. EEMA was launched on Feb 8, 2012 and is managed by BlackRock.