iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:EEMS – Get Free Report) was the target of a large decline in short interest in the month of October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totaling 81,876 shares, a decline of 43.2% from the September 30th total of 144,230 shares. Approximately 1.6% of the shares of the company are sold short. Based on an average daily volume of 20,861 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.9 days.
Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small-Cap ETF
Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Van Berkom & Associates Inc. bought a new position in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small-Cap ETF during the first quarter worth about $48,000. Gould Asset Management LLC CA grew its position in shares of iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small-Cap ETF by 7.4% during the 1st quarter. Gould Asset Management LLC CA now owns 5,365 shares of the company’s stock worth $371,000 after purchasing an additional 370 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC grew its position in shares of iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small-Cap ETF by 13.8% during the 1st quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 9,046 shares of the company’s stock worth $626,000 after purchasing an additional 1,098 shares in the last quarter.
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small-Cap ETF Price Performance
Shares of NYSEARCA EEMS opened at $69.00 on Tuesday. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $74.80 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $73.89. iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small-Cap ETF has a one year low of $65.04 and a one year high of $79.44. The firm has a market cap of $351.90 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.93 and a beta of 0.72.
About iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small-Cap ETF
The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small-Cap ETF (EEMS) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI Emerging Markets Small Cap index, a market-cap-weighted index of emerging markets stocks with market capitalizations between $200M and $1.5B. EEMS was launched on Aug 16, 2011 and is managed by BlackRock.
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