iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SUSB) Short Interest Update

iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SUSB) was the target of a large increase in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 123,944 shares, an increase of 103.5% from the December 31st total of 60,898 shares. Approximately 0.3% of the shares of the company are short sold. Based on an average trading volume of 120,176 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.0 days. Based on an average trading volume of 120,176 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.0 days. Approximately 0.3% of the shares of the company are short sold.

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

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of SUSB. Ameriprise Financial Inc. lifted its holdings in iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 4.1% in the third quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 812,047 shares of the company’s stock worth $20,545,000 after acquiring an additional 32,135 shares during the last quarter. Wealthspire Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 1.9% in the 2nd quarter. Wealthspire Advisors LLC now owns 479,307 shares of the company’s stock worth $12,064,000 after purchasing an additional 9,075 shares during the last quarter. ST Germain D J Co. Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 12.3% in the 4th quarter. ST Germain D J Co. Inc. now owns 437,666 shares of the company’s stock worth $11,047,000 after purchasing an additional 47,877 shares during the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its position in iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 15.3% during the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 429,464 shares of the company’s stock valued at $10,870,000 after purchasing an additional 57,108 shares during the period. Finally, Fisher Asset Management LLC boosted its position in iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 6.4% during the 3rd quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 241,536 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,113,000 after purchasing an additional 14,591 shares during the period.

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

Shares of SUSB opened at $25.32 on Friday. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $25.25 and its 200 day moving average price is $25.24. iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF has a 12-month low of $24.58 and a 12-month high of $25.38.

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

The firm also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, December 24th. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 19th were issued a $0.0973 dividend. This is a boost from iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.09. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, December 19th. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.6%.

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

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.