Short Interest in iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF (NASDAQ:SUSL) Expands By 49.6%

iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF (NASDAQ:SUSL) was the recipient of a large growth in short interest during the month of December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totaling 43,226 shares, a growth of 49.6% from the November 30th total of 28,886 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 16,655 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.6 days. Approximately 0.5% of the shares of the stock are sold short. Approximately 0.5% of the shares of the stock are sold short. Based on an average daily volume of 16,655 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.6 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Royal Bank of Canada boosted its stake in shares of iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF by 0.5% during the 1st quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 350,504 shares of the company’s stock worth $33,581,000 after purchasing an additional 1,857 shares during the last quarter. Obsido Oy purchased a new position in shares of iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF during the first quarter valued at approximately $1,084,000. Jones Financial Companies Lllp lifted its stake in shares of iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF by 253.6% during the first quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 3,865 shares of the company’s stock valued at $370,000 after buying an additional 2,772 shares during the period. Fragasso Financial Advisors Inc boosted its position in iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF by 9.8% during the second quarter. Fragasso Financial Advisors Inc now owns 4,620 shares of the company’s stock worth $501,000 after acquiring an additional 411 shares during the last quarter. Finally, SK Wealth Management LLC grew its stake in iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF by 2.2% in the 2nd quarter. SK Wealth Management LLC now owns 43,736 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,777,000 after acquiring an additional 961 shares during the period.

iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:SUSL opened at $122.95 on Monday. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $120.04 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $114.89. The stock has a market cap of $1.03 billion, a PE ratio of 27.42 and a beta of 1.03. iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF has a one year low of $83.45 and a one year high of $123.21.

iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 19th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 16th were paid a dividend of $0.355 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 16th. This is an increase from iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.31. This represents a $1.42 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.2%.

iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF Company Profile

The iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF (SUSL) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI USA Extended ESG Leaders index. The fund tracks an index of US large- and mid-cap firms with the highest ESG ratings, weighted by market-cap within each sector buckets. SUSL was launched on May 7, 2019 and is managed by BlackRock.