iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF (NASDAQ:AAXJ) Short Interest Update

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF (NASDAQ:AAXJ) was the target of a large growth in short interest in June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totalling 515,600 shares, a growth of 29.8% from the May 31st total of 397,100 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 482,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.1 days.

Institutional Trading of iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF

Several hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Kingfisher Capital LLC grew its stake in shares of iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF by 0.8% in the third quarter. Kingfisher Capital LLC now owns 76,245 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $4,842,000 after buying an additional 619 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its stake in iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF by 54.8% during the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 2,311,809 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $146,800,000 after acquiring an additional 818,508 shares in the last quarter. Wunderlich Capital Managemnt grew its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF by 5.0% during the third quarter. Wunderlich Capital Managemnt now owns 5,272 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $335,000 after purchasing an additional 251 shares during the last quarter. Prime Capital Investment Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF by 4.5% during the fourth quarter. Prime Capital Investment Advisors LLC now owns 6,210 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $413,000 after purchasing an additional 268 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Crescent Grove Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF during the fourth quarter worth about $300,000.

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF Stock Up 0.2 %

Shares of NASDAQ:AAXJ opened at $71.98 on Friday. iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF has a 12 month low of $60.92 and a 12 month high of $73.64. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $71.06 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $67.67. The firm has a market cap of $2.38 billion, a P/E ratio of 13.34 and a beta of 0.68.

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a Semi-Annual dividend, which was paid on Monday, June 17th. Investors of record on Tuesday, June 11th were given a $0.2654 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, June 11th.

About iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF (the Fund), formerly The iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, of the MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan Index (the Index).