Short Interest in iShares ESG Select Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF (BATS:XJR) Decreases By 86.5%

iShares ESG Select Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF (BATS:XJR) was the target of a significant drop in short interest in the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 3,961 shares, a drop of 86.5% from the June 15th total of 29,412 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 18,001 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.2 days. Approximately 0.2% of the shares of the company are short sold.

iShares ESG Select Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF Stock Performance

BATS:XJR opened at $51.67 on Monday. The company has a 50-day moving average of $49.81 and a 200-day moving average of $46.69. The company has a market capitalization of $129.18 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.84 and a beta of 1.10. iShares ESG Select Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF has a 52 week low of $38.92 and a 52 week high of $52.99.

Institutional Trading of iShares ESG Select Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF

Hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Atlantic Private Wealth LLC grew its position in shares of iShares ESG Select Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF by 2.3% during the 1st quarter. Atlantic Private Wealth LLC now owns 16,493 shares of the company’s stock worth $718,000 after buying an additional 370 shares during the period. Bartlett & CO. Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in iShares ESG Select Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF in the first quarter valued at about $230,000. Gould Asset Management LLC CA grew its position in shares of iShares ESG Select Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF by 5.4% in the 1st quarter. Gould Asset Management LLC CA now owns 9,155 shares of the company’s stock valued at $399,000 after purchasing an additional 465 shares during the period. Birchwood Financial Partners Inc. increased its position in shares of iShares ESG Select Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF by 107.5% during the first quarter. Birchwood Financial Partners Inc. now owns 1,969 shares of the company’s stock worth $86,000 after acquiring an additional 1,020 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Bank of New York Mellon Corp bought a new position in iShares ESG Select Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF during the 1st quarter worth about $1,265,000.

About iShares ESG Select Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF

The iShares ESG Screened S&P Small-Cap ETF (XJR) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in small-cap stocks. The fund tracks a market-cap weighted index of US small-caps screened for sustainability and excluding those with exposure to certain controversial business activities. XJR was launched on Sep 22, 2020 and is managed by BlackRock.