iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF (NASDAQ:EWZS) Sees Significant Decrease in Short Interest

iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF (NASDAQ:EWZS) was the recipient of a large decline in short interest in December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totalling 37,100 shares, a decline of 69.9% from the November 30th total of 123,100 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 315,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.1 days.

iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF Trading Down 0.6 %

NASDAQ:EWZS traded down $0.06 during trading hours on Thursday, hitting $9.38. 275,236 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 378,295. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $11.15 and a 200 day moving average price of $11.96. The firm has a market cap of $102.71 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.09 and a beta of 1.10. iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF has a fifty-two week low of $9.14 and a fifty-two week high of $15.29.

iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 20th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 17th were given a dividend of $0.2427 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 17th.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF

A hedge fund recently raised its stake in iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF stock. Heartwood Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its stake in iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF (NASDAQ:EWZS) by 12.0% in the third quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 30,407 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 3,255 shares during the quarter. Heartwood Wealth Advisors LLC owned 0.26% of iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF worth $383,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF Company Profile

iShares MSCI Brazil Small-Cap ETF, formerly iShares MSCI Brazil Small Cap Index Fund (the Fund), is an exchange traded fund. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the MSCI Brazil Small Cap Index (the Underlying Index). The Underlying Index is a free-float adjusted market capitalization weighted index designed to measure the performance of equity securities in the bottom 14% by market capitalization of equity securities listed on stock exchanges in Brazil.