Short Interest in iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SUSB) Expands By 84.4%

iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SUSB) saw a significant growth in short interest during the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totalling 128,500 shares, a growth of 84.4% from the February 28th total of 69,700 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 206,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.6 days. Approximately 0.3% of the shares of the stock are sold short.

iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF Stock Up 0.2 %

NASDAQ:SUSB opened at $24.99 on Monday. iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF has a 52-week low of $24.17 and a 52-week high of $25.20. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $24.85 and a 200-day simple moving average of $24.86.

iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 6th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 3rd were given a $0.0928 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 3rd. This is a positive change from iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.09.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Fisher Asset Management LLC raised its stake in iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 1.0% in the 3rd quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 169,009 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,252,000 after purchasing an additional 1,644 shares during the last quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors acquired a new position in iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at $205,000. Flow Traders U.S. LLC purchased a new position in shares of iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF during the 3rd quarter worth $2,940,000. Continuum Advisory LLC boosted its holdings in shares of iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 4.9% during the third quarter. Continuum Advisory LLC now owns 15,909 shares of the company’s stock worth $393,000 after purchasing an additional 746 shares during the last quarter. Finally, TD Private Client Wealth LLC grew its position in shares of iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 2.5% in the third quarter. TD Private Client Wealth LLC now owns 53,311 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,341,000 after purchasing an additional 1,286 shares during the period.

About iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF

The iShares ESG 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF (SUSB) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in investment grade fixed income. The fund tracks an index of USD-denominated, investment-grade, short-term corporate debt, selected based on positive ESG characteristics. Holdings are optimally weighted to provide a similar risk and return of the Bloomberg US Corporate 1-5 years Index.