iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:EEMS) Short Interest Down 58.0% in April

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:EEMS) was the recipient of a significant decrease in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 6,157 shares, a decrease of 58.0% from the April 15th total of 14,674 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 16,307 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.4 days. Approximately 0.1% of the shares of the stock are sold short.

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small-Cap ETF Stock Down 2.9%

EEMS stock traded down $2.27 on Friday, reaching $75.92. 23,425 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 20,033. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $72.89 and a 200-day moving average of $70.80. iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small-Cap ETF has a twelve month low of $60.35 and a twelve month high of $79.44. The firm has a market cap of $447.93 million, a PE ratio of 15.93 and a beta of 0.70.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of EEMS. Flow Traders U.S. LLC grew its holdings in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small-Cap ETF by 904.7% during the third quarter. Flow Traders U.S. LLC now owns 122,658 shares of the company’s stock worth $8,330,000 after acquiring an additional 110,449 shares during the period. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC purchased a new stake in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small-Cap ETF during the third quarter worth $946,000. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its position in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small-Cap ETF by 261.2% during the second quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 4,866 shares of the company’s stock worth $316,000 after purchasing an additional 3,519 shares in the last quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp boosted its position in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small-Cap ETF by 28.4% during the third quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 7,002 shares of the company’s stock worth $470,000 after purchasing an additional 1,550 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Farther Finance Advisors LLC boosted its position in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small-Cap ETF by 90.7% during the fourth quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 3,213 shares of the company’s stock worth $217,000 after purchasing an additional 1,528 shares in the last quarter.

About iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small-Cap ETF

The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small-Cap ETF (EEMS) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI Emerging Markets Small Cap index, a market-cap-weighted index of emerging markets stocks with market capitalizations between $200M and $1.5B. EEMS was launched on Aug 16, 2011 and is managed by BlackRock.