Short Interest in iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SUSB) Increases By 84.4%

iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SUSB) was the recipient of 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 presently 0.6 days. Currently, 0.3% of the company’s stock are sold short.

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

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Ameriprise Financial Inc. raised its holdings in shares of iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 5.8% during the 4th quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 579,540 shares of the company’s stock valued at $14,314,000 after purchasing an additional 31,727 shares in the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp increased its position in iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 1.8% during the fourth quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 569,483 shares of the company’s stock worth $14,066,000 after buying an additional 10,145 shares during the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its holdings in iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 24.7% during the fourth quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 489,084 shares of the company’s stock valued at $12,080,000 after buying an additional 96,747 shares in the last quarter. Baird Financial Group Inc. lifted its position in shares of iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 1.0% in the fourth quarter. Baird Financial Group Inc. now owns 429,568 shares of the company’s stock worth $10,610,000 after buying an additional 4,118 shares during the last quarter. Finally, ST Germain D J Co. Inc. lifted its position in shares of iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 25.1% in the fourth 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 during the last quarter.

iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF Stock Up 0.2 %

Shares of SUSB stock opened at $24.99 on Friday. iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF has a fifty-two week low of $24.17 and a fifty-two week high of $25.20. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $24.85 and its two-hundred day moving average is $24.86.

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

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

iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF Company Profile

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.