iShares ESG Advanced MSCI USA ETF (NASDAQ:USXF) Short Interest Down 24.3% in January

iShares ESG Advanced MSCI USA ETF (NASDAQ:USXF) was the target of a significant decline in short interest in January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 72,100 shares, a decline of 24.3% from the January 15th total of 95,300 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 89,500 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.8 days.

iShares ESG Advanced MSCI USA ETF Trading Up 0.2 %

NASDAQ USXF traded up $0.10 during trading on Friday, reaching $51.69. 65,473 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 72,599. iShares ESG Advanced MSCI USA ETF has a fifty-two week low of $41.43 and a fifty-two week high of $52.76. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $50.78 and its 200-day simple moving average is $49.70. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.36 billion, a PE ratio of 30.78 and a beta of 1.03.

iShares ESG Advanced MSCI USA ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 20th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 17th were issued a dividend of $0.1691 per share. This is a boost from iShares ESG Advanced MSCI USA ETF’s previous dividend of $0.13. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 17th.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. boosted its stake in shares of iShares ESG Advanced MSCI USA ETF by 11.6% during the 4th quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 5,079,847 shares of the company’s stock valued at $252,570,000 after buying an additional 526,957 shares during the period. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. increased its stake in shares of iShares ESG Advanced MSCI USA ETF by 10.9% in the fourth quarter. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. now owns 1,507,637 shares of the company’s stock worth $74,960,000 after acquiring an additional 148,520 shares during the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares ESG Advanced MSCI USA ETF by 78.8% during the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 1,048,166 shares of the company’s stock worth $52,115,000 after acquiring an additional 462,065 shares in the last quarter. SigFig Wealth Management LLC boosted its position in iShares ESG Advanced MSCI USA ETF by 4.1% during the fourth quarter. SigFig Wealth Management LLC now owns 649,148 shares of the company’s stock valued at $32,438,000 after purchasing an additional 25,661 shares during the last quarter. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its stake in iShares ESG Advanced MSCI USA ETF by 28.1% in the fourth quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 609,056 shares of the company’s stock valued at $30,282,000 after purchasing an additional 133,495 shares in the last quarter.

About iShares ESG Advanced MSCI USA ETF

The iShares ESG Advanced MSCI USA ETF (USXF) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI USA Choice ESG Screened index. The fund tracks an index of large- and mid-cap US equities screened for positive environmental, social and governance rating while also screening for involvement in controversial activities.