iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF (NYSEARCA:EWM) Short Interest Up 43.4% in January

iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF (NYSEARCA:EWM) saw a significant increase in short interest during the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,203,931 shares, an increase of 43.4% from the December 31st total of 839,592 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 339,125 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.6 days. Approximately 11.1% of the shares of the company are short sold. Approximately 11.1% of the shares of the company are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 339,125 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.6 days.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Zacks Investment Management grew its position in shares of iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF by 4.1% in the third quarter. Zacks Investment Management now owns 22,913 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $594,000 after purchasing an additional 892 shares in the last quarter. BOCHK Asset Management Ltd raised its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF by 250.0% in the 4th quarter. BOCHK Asset Management Ltd now owns 2,800 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $77,000 after acquiring an additional 2,000 shares during the period. Fluent Financial LLC raised its position in iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF by 6.0% in the third quarter. Fluent Financial LLC now owns 59,566 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,544,000 after purchasing an additional 3,393 shares during the period. Raymond James Financial Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF in the 2nd quarter valued at $84,000. Finally, Mount Lucas Management LP increased its stake in iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF by 10.7% during the third quarter. Mount Lucas Management LP now owns 36,984 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $959,000 after purchasing an additional 3,566 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 86.75% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF Trading Down 0.3%

iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF stock opened at $29.18 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $321.56 million, a PE ratio of 14.29 and a beta of 0.55. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $27.53 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $26.11. iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF has a 12 month low of $20.80 and a 12 month high of $30.11.

iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF Company Profile

iShares MSCI Malaysia ETF, formerly iShares MSCI Malaysia Index Fund (the Fund), is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of publicly traded securities in the Malaysian market, as measured by the MSCI Malaysia Index (the Index). The Index seeks to measure the performance of the Malaysian equity market. It is a capitalization-weighted index that aims to capture 85% of the (publicly available) total market capitalization.