iShares MSCI USA ESG Select ETF (NYSEARCA:SUSA) Sees Significant Increase in Short Interest

iShares MSCI USA ESG Select ETF (NYSEARCA:SUSA) saw a significant increase in short interest in March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 14,176 shares, an increase of 669.2% from the March 15th total of 1,843 shares. Currently, 0.1% of the company’s stock are short sold. Based on an average trading volume of 43,020 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.3 days.

iShares MSCI USA ESG Select ETF Stock Performance

SUSA traded down $0.56 during trading on Friday, hitting $137.05. The stock had a trading volume of 82,435 shares, compared to its average volume of 67,880. The company has a market capitalization of $3.60 billion, a PE ratio of -245.74 and a beta of 1.06. iShares MSCI USA ESG Select ETF has a twelve month low of $104.93 and a twelve month high of $143.18. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $136.98 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $138.09.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares MSCI USA ESG Select ETF

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Financial Life Planners acquired a new stake in iShares MSCI USA ESG Select ETF in the third quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Collier Financial acquired a new stake in iShares MSCI USA ESG Select ETF in the third quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Washington Trust Advisors Inc. acquired a new stake in iShares MSCI USA ESG Select ETF in the third quarter valued at approximately $34,000. Armor Investment Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI USA ESG Select ETF during the fourth quarter worth $36,000. Finally, Root Financial Partners LLC acquired a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI USA ESG Select ETF during the third quarter worth $41,000.

About iShares MSCI USA ESG Select ETF

The iShares MSCI USA ESG Select ETF (SUSA) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI USA Extended ESG Select index. The fund tracks an index of US companies with high environmental, social and governance (ESG) factor scores as calculated by MSCI. SUSA was launched on Jan 24, 2005 and is managed by BlackRock.