iShares Asia/Pacific Dividend ETF (NYSEARCA:DVYA) Short Interest Up 1,121.6% in July

iShares Asia/Pacific Dividend ETF (NYSEARCA:DVYAGet Free Report) was the recipient of a large increase in short interest during the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 17,725 shares, an increase of 1,121.6% from the July 15th total of 1,451 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 4,759 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 3.7 days. Approximately 1.3% of the company’s stock are short sold.

iShares Asia/Pacific Dividend ETF Stock Down 0.1%

Shares of DVYA opened at $51.43 on Wednesday. The company has a market cap of $72.00 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.42 and a beta of 0.57. iShares Asia/Pacific Dividend ETF has a twelve month low of $41.23 and a twelve month high of $52.00. The company has a 50 day moving average of $49.19 and a two-hundred day moving average of $49.50.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares Asia/Pacific Dividend ETF

A hedge fund recently bought a new position in iShares Asia/Pacific Dividend ETF stock. Triumph Capital Management purchased a new position in shares of iShares Asia/Pacific Dividend ETF (NYSEARCA:DVYAFree Report) during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 675 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $28,000. Triumph Capital Management owned about 0.06% of iShares Asia/Pacific Dividend ETF as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

About iShares Asia/Pacific Dividend ETF

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The iShares Asia\u002FPacific Dividend ETF (DVYA) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in high dividend yield equity. The fund tracks a dividend-weighted index of consistent highest dividend-yielding companies in the Asia-Pacific region. DVYA was launched on Feb 23, 2012 and is managed by BlackRock.

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