iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF (NASDAQ:EMXC) Sees Significant Increase in Short Interest

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF (NASDAQ:EMXC) saw a large growth in short interest in February. As of February 13th, there was short interest totaling 3,139,461 shares, a growth of 118.5% from the January 29th total of 1,436,600 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 3,296,931 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.0 days. Currently, 1.6% of the shares of the company are short sold. Currently, 1.6% of the shares of the company are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 3,296,931 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.0 days.

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF Trading Down 0.5%

Shares of NASDAQ:EMXC traded down $0.42 on Friday, reaching $87.49. 275,350 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,697,916. The company has a 50-day moving average of $78.89 and a 200-day moving average of $72.22. The firm has a market cap of $17.10 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.28 and a beta of 0.82. iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF has a 1-year low of $49.60 and a 1-year high of $88.87.

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 19th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 16th were given a dividend of $1.3357 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 16th. This represents a yield of 384.0%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF

Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Rossby Financial LCC lifted its position in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF by 8.5% during the fourth quarter. Rossby Financial LCC now owns 1,563 shares of the company’s stock valued at $114,000 after buying an additional 122 shares in the last quarter. Nations Financial Group Inc. IA ADV lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF by 1.4% during the 4th quarter. Nations Financial Group Inc. IA ADV now owns 9,680 shares of the company’s stock valued at $704,000 after acquiring an additional 132 shares in the last quarter. Cary Street Partners Financial LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF by 4.2% during the 3rd quarter. Cary Street Partners Financial LLC now owns 3,951 shares of the company’s stock valued at $267,000 after acquiring an additional 159 shares in the last quarter. First PREMIER Bank boosted its position in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF by 7.1% during the 3rd quarter. First PREMIER Bank now owns 2,867 shares of the company’s stock worth $194,000 after purchasing an additional 190 shares during the period. Finally, MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB increased its holdings in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF by 3.5% in the 4th quarter. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB now owns 6,131 shares of the company’s stock valued at $446,000 after purchasing an additional 206 shares in the last quarter.

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF Company Profile

The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF (EMXC) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI Emerging Markets ex China index. The fund tracks a market-cap- weighted index of emerging-market firms, excluding China. The index covers 85% of the universe by market cap. EMXC was launched on Jul 18, 2017 and is managed by BlackRock.