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

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

Institutional Trading of iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF

A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of SUSB. Canandaigua National Bank & Trust Co. acquired a new stake in iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF during the third quarter worth $1,827,000. Sugarloaf Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in shares of iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF during the 3rd quarter worth about $32,000. Valeo Financial Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 5.5% during the 3rd quarter. Valeo Financial Advisors LLC now owns 42,483 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,069,000 after acquiring an additional 2,201 shares in the last quarter. Exchange Bank increased its stake in iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 42.1% in the third quarter. Exchange Bank now owns 18,333 shares of the company’s stock valued at $461,000 after acquiring an additional 5,436 shares during the period. Finally, ST Germain D J Co. Inc. raised its position in iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF by 3.7% in the third 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.

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

Shares of SUSB remained flat at $24.83 during trading hours on Wednesday. 68,297 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 117,928. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $24.76 and a two-hundred day moving average of $24.86. iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF has a 1-year low of $24.17 and a 1-year high of $25.20.

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

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