iShares Total Return Active ETF (NASDAQ:BRTR) Short Interest Up 170.5% in September

iShares Total Return Active ETF (NASDAQ:BRTR) saw a significant growth in short interest in September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 35,700 shares, a growth of 170.5% from the August 31st total of 13,200 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 54,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.7 days. Based on an average daily volume of 54,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.7 days.

iShares Total Return Active ETF Stock Performance

NASDAQ BRTR opened at $50.94 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $262.34 million and a PE ratio of 22.72. The business’s fifty day moving average is $50.69 and its 200 day moving average is $50.12. iShares Total Return Active ETF has a fifty-two week low of $48.59 and a fifty-two week high of $51.55.

iShares Total Return Active ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, October 6th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, October 1st will be issued a dividend of $0.2078 per share. This is a boost from iShares Total Return Active ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.20. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.9%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, October 1st.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares Total Return Active ETF

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Greatmark Investment Partners Inc. raised its holdings in iShares Total Return Active ETF by 15.3% during the second quarter. Greatmark Investment Partners Inc. now owns 5,015 shares of the company’s stock valued at $253,000 after acquiring an additional 665 shares during the period. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. bought a new stake in iShares Total Return Active ETF during the first quarter valued at about $797,000. Finally, Flow Traders U.S. LLC bought a new stake in iShares Total Return Active ETF during the first quarter valued at about $992,000.

About iShares Total Return Active ETF

The iShares Total Return Active ETF (BRTR) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in broad credit fixed income. The fund is an actively managed ETF that broadly invests in corporate and government fixed income securities from around the world. Securities could be of any maturity while limiting investments in junk bonds to 20%.