Short Interest in iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:IXUS) Rises By 9.7%

iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:IXUS) saw a significant growth in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 9,930,000 shares, a growth of 9.7% from the December 31st total of 9,050,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,685,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 5.9 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Mill Creek Capital Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF by 11.3% in the 4th quarter. Mill Creek Capital Advisors LLC now owns 4,713,670 shares of the company’s stock valued at $311,762,000 after purchasing an additional 480,302 shares during the period. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC lifted its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF by 1.1% in the 3rd quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 1,473,114 shares of the company’s stock valued at $106,992,000 after purchasing an additional 16,113 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF by 42.3% in the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 1,097,050 shares of the company’s stock valued at $79,679,000 after purchasing an additional 326,330 shares during the period. Flow Traders U.S. LLC acquired a new position in shares of iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at about $39,326,000. Finally, Equitable Trust Co. lifted its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF by 2.9% in the 4th quarter. Equitable Trust Co. now owns 418,823 shares of the company’s stock valued at $27,701,000 after purchasing an additional 11,810 shares during the period.

iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF Trading Down 1.0 %

iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF stock opened at $67.69 on Tuesday. iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF has a 12 month low of $63.30 and a 12 month high of $73.53. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $67.60 and its 200-day moving average is $68.95. The company has a market capitalization of $38.31 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.97 and a beta of 0.84.

iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 20th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 17th were paid a $1.1817 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 17th.

iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF Company Profile

The iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF (IXUS) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI AC World ex USA IMI index, a market-cap-weighted index of global stocks covering 99% of the global market capitalization outside the US. IXUS was launched on Oct 18, 2012 and is managed by BlackRock.