iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF (NASDAQ:SUSL) Short Interest Update

iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF (NASDAQ:SUSL) saw a significant decline in short interest in the month of February. As of February 15th, there was short interest totalling 14,000 shares, a decline of 27.1% from the January 31st total of 19,200 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 20,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.7 days.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of SUSL. Keystone Financial Group Inc. acquired a new position in iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF in the fourth quarter valued at $54,000. Jones Financial Companies Lllp lifted its holdings in iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF by 383.6% in the fourth quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 1,093 shares of the company’s stock valued at $113,000 after buying an additional 867 shares during the period. Sunbelt Securities Inc. acquired a new position in shares of iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF during the third quarter valued at about $149,000. First Pacific Financial raised its holdings in shares of iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF by 180.0% during the fourth quarter. First Pacific Financial now owns 1,680 shares of the company’s stock valued at $173,000 after purchasing an additional 1,080 shares during the period. Finally, Triad Wealth Partners LLC acquired a new position in shares of iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF during the fourth quarter valued at about $211,000.

iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF Stock Down 1.9 %

SUSL stock opened at $100.15 on Tuesday. The firm has a market cap of $961.44 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.34 and a beta of 1.00. iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF has a 12-month low of $87.76 and a 12-month high of $108.04. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $104.34 and its 200 day simple moving average is $103.17.

iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 20th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 17th were issued a $0.331 dividend. This is a positive change from iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF’s previous dividend of $0.32. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 17th.

About iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF

The iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF (SUSL) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI USA Extended ESG Leaders index. The fund tracks an index of US large- and mid-cap firms with the highest ESG ratings, weighted by market-cap within each sector buckets. SUSL was launched on May 7, 2019 and is managed by BlackRock.