iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF (BATS:EFG) Shares Shorted: Short Interest Up 85.8% in September

iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF (BATS:EFG – Get Free Report) saw a significant growth in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totaling 235,421 shares, a growth of 85.8% from the September 15th total of 126,732 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,627,881 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.1 days. Approximately 0.2% of the shares of the company are sold short.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of EFG. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC increased its position in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 174.4% during the 2nd quarter. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC now owns 6,860 shares of the company’s stock worth $854,000 after purchasing an additional 4,360 shares in the last quarter. Hoxton Planning & Management LLC increased its holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 73.5% in the 1st quarter. Hoxton Planning & Management LLC now owns 56,038 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,241,000 after purchasing an additional 23,746 shares in the last quarter. First Heartland Consultants Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF during the third quarter valued at about $1,277,000. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC increased its stake in shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 58.9% in the second quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC now owns 300,668 shares of the company’s stock valued at $37,409,000 after buying an additional 111,392 shares during the period. Finally, RFG Advisory LLC grew its holdings in iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF by 87.1% during the 1st quarter. RFG Advisory LLC now owns 30,035 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,345,000 after acquiring an additional 13,980 shares during the last quarter.

iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF Trading Down 0.9%

BATS EFG opened at $118.47 on Thursday. The company has a 50 day moving average of $122.70 and a 200-day moving average of $121.28. iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF has a 1-year low of $107.17 and a 1-year high of $127.44. The company has a market cap of $13.93 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.98 and a beta of 0.96.

Shares of iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF are going to split on Thursday, November 5th. The 3-1 split was recently announced. The newly minted shares will be payable to shareholders after the closing bell on Wednesday, November 4th.

About iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF

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iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF (the Fund), formerly iShares MSCI EAFE Growth Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI EAFE Growth Index (the Index). The Index is a subset of the MSCI EAFE Index and constituents of the Index include securities from Europe, Australasia (Australia and Asia), and the Far East. The Fund invests in sectors, such as consumer staples, industrials, consumer discretionary, materials, healthcare, financials, information technology, energy, telecommunication services and utilities.

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