iShares ESG Aware USD Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SUSC) Short Interest Down 75.0% in December

iShares ESG Aware USD Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SUSC) was the target of a significant decrease in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 27,600 shares, a decrease of 75.0% from the December 15th total of 110,300 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 231,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.1 days.

iShares ESG Aware USD Corporate Bond ETF Price Performance

Shares of iShares ESG Aware USD Corporate Bond ETF stock traded down $0.02 during trading on Tuesday, hitting $22.40. 53,003 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 221,791. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $22.96 and its 200 day moving average price is $23.21. iShares ESG Aware USD Corporate Bond ETF has a twelve month low of $22.18 and a twelve month high of $23.97.

iShares ESG Aware USD Corporate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 23rd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, December 18th were given a $0.0872 dividend. This is a boost from iShares ESG Aware USD Corporate Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.08. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, December 18th.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On iShares ESG Aware USD Corporate Bond ETF

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in SUSC. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its holdings in iShares ESG Aware USD Corporate Bond ETF by 10.6% during the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 3,155,431 shares of the company’s stock valued at $75,068,000 after purchasing an additional 301,467 shares in the last quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC lifted its holdings in iShares ESG Aware USD Corporate Bond ETF by 0.6% during the 3rd quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 111,231 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,646,000 after buying an additional 652 shares in the last quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC increased its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware USD Corporate Bond ETF by 13.6% in the 3rd quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC now owns 61,724 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,468,000 after buying an additional 7,412 shares during the period. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware USD Corporate Bond ETF during the second quarter worth $754,000. Finally, Captrust Financial Advisors acquired a new position in shares of iShares ESG Aware USD Corporate Bond ETF during the third quarter valued at $297,000.

About iShares ESG Aware USD Corporate Bond ETF

The iShares ESG USD Corporate Bond ETF (SUSC) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in investment grade fixed income. The fund tracks an index of USD-denominated, investment-grade, corporate debt, selected based on positive ESG characteristics. Holdings are optimally weighted to provide a similar risk and return characteristics of the Bloomberg US Corporate Index.