iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SUSB) Sees Significant Growth in Short Interest

iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SUSB – Get Free Report) was the recipient of a significant growth in short interest during the month of October. As of October 30th, there was short interest totaling 134,304 shares, a growth of 329.1% from the October 15th total of 31,296 shares. Approximately 0.3% of the company’s shares are sold short. Based on an average trading volume of 195,968 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.7 days.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Harbour Investments Inc. bought a new stake in iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF in the third quarter valued at approximately $3,705,000. Fisher Asset Management LLC acquired a new stake in iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $7,607,000. Bear Mountain Capital Inc. raised its holdings in iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 18.7% during the 3rd quarter. Bear Mountain Capital Inc. now owns 187,432 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,592,000 after purchasing an additional 29,511 shares during the last quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC raised its holdings in iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 87.5% during the 3rd quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 43,701 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,068,000 after purchasing an additional 20,396 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Whitegate Investment Counselors Inc. raised its holdings in iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 11.4% during the 3rd quarter. Whitegate Investment Counselors Inc. now owns 9,923 shares of the company’s stock worth $242,000 after purchasing an additional 1,019 shares during the last quarter.

iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:SUSB opened at $24.50 on Thursday. iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF has a 52 week low of $24.30 and a 52 week high of $25.39. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $24.52 and its 200-day moving average is $24.89.

iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, November 5th. Shareholders of record on Monday, November 2nd were issued a dividend of $0.0972 per share. This represents a $1.17 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.8%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, November 2nd. This is a boost from iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.0960.

iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF Company Profile

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The iShares ESG 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF (SUSB) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in investment grade fixed income. The fund tracks an index of USD-denominated, investment-grade, short-term corporate debt, selected based on positive ESG characteristics. Holdings are optimally weighted to provide a similar risk and return of the Bloomberg US Corporate 1-5 years Index. SUSB was launched on Jul 11, 2017 and is managed by BlackRock.

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