iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SUSB) Sees Significant Increase in Short Interest

iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SUSB) saw a significant increase in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 75,400 shares, an increase of 450.4% from the December 31st total of 13,700 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 149,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.5 days.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Klaas Financial Asset Advisors LLC increased its holdings in iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 26.3% in the fourth quarter. Klaas Financial Asset Advisors LLC now owns 141,037 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,484,000 after buying an additional 29,391 shares in the last quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC raised its position in shares of iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 9.1% in the fourth quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 19,534 shares of the company’s stock worth $482,000 after acquiring an additional 1,625 shares during the period. Bartlett & CO. Wealth Management LLC raised its position in shares of iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 8.9% in the fourth quarter. Bartlett & CO. Wealth Management LLC now owns 75,465 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,864,000 after acquiring an additional 6,154 shares during the period. Finley Financial LLC acquired a new position in shares of iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF in the fourth quarter worth about $152,000. Finally, ST Germain D J Co. Inc. raised its position in shares of iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 25.1% in the fourth quarter. ST Germain D J Co. Inc. now owns 300,924 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,433,000 after acquiring an additional 60,339 shares during the period.

iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF Price Performance

SUSB traded down $0.02 during trading on Tuesday, hitting $24.83. The stock had a trading volume of 60,768 shares, compared to its average volume of 118,602. iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF has a twelve month low of $24.17 and a twelve month high of $25.20. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $24.75 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $24.85.

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

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 23rd. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, December 18th were paid a dividend of $0.09 per share. This is an increase from iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.08. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, December 18th.

iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF Company Profile

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.