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

iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SUSB) was the recipient of a significant decline in short interest during the month of December. As of December 15th, there was short interest totalling 13,700 shares, a decline of 84.1% from the November 30th total of 86,200 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 147,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.1 days.

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

Shares of NASDAQ SUSB remained flat at $24.65 during mid-day trading on Thursday. The company had a trading volume of 42,722 shares, compared to its average volume of 136,638. The business’s fifty day moving average is $24.81 and its 200 day moving average is $24.82. 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.

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

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

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Eastern Bank grew its stake in iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 0.3% in the 3rd quarter. Eastern Bank now owns 343,097 shares of the company’s stock valued at $8,632,000 after acquiring an additional 1,178 shares during the last quarter. ST Germain D J Co. Inc. increased its stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 3.7% during the 3rd quarter. ST Germain D J Co. Inc. now owns 240,585 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,053,000 after purchasing an additional 8,590 shares in the last quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC raised its position in shares of iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 1.0% during the 3rd quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 169,009 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,252,000 after purchasing an additional 1,644 shares during the last quarter. Bear Mountain Capital Inc. lifted its stake in iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 1.9% in the 3rd quarter. Bear Mountain Capital Inc. now owns 147,896 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,693,000 after buying an additional 2,705 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Flow Traders U.S. LLC acquired a new stake in iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF during the 3rd quarter valued at $2,940,000.

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.