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

Posted by Donna Armstrong on Mar 16th, 2026

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF (NASDAQ:EMXC – Get Free Report) saw a significant decrease in short interest during the month of February. As of February 27th, there was short interest totaling 2,689,130 shares, a decrease of 14.3% from the February 12th total of 3,139,461 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,953,591 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.9 days. Approximately 1.4% of the shares of the stock are short sold. Approximately 1.4% of the shares of the stock are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 2,953,591 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.9 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of EMXC. Sankala Group LLC bought a new stake in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF in the fourth quarter worth $27,000. Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. purchased a new stake in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF during the third quarter valued at $27,000. Front Row Advisors LLC bought a new position in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF during the second quarter valued at $26,000. Family Legacy Financial Solutions LLC bought a new position in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF during the third quarter valued at $31,000. Finally, Sound Income Strategies LLC grew its stake in shares of iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF by 114.2% in the 3rd quarter. Sound Income Strategies LLC now owns 497 shares of the company’s stock worth $34,000 after buying an additional 265 shares in the last quarter.

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF Price Performance

NASDAQ:EMXC opened at $77.99 on Monday. iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF has a 1 year low of $49.60 and a 1 year high of $88.87. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $80.93 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $73.67. The company has a market cap of $15.25 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.28 and a beta of 0.82.

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF Company Profile

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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.