iShares ESG Aware USD Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SUSC) Short Interest Down 75.0% in December

iShares ESG Aware USD Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SUSC) saw a significant decline in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 27,600 shares, a decline of 75.0% from the December 15th total of 110,300 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 231,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.1 days.

iShares ESG Aware USD Corporate Bond ETF Trading Down 0.1 %

Shares of SUSC traded down $0.03 during midday trading on Tuesday, reaching $22.39. 102,394 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 227,694. iShares ESG Aware USD Corporate Bond ETF has a 1-year low of $22.18 and a 1-year high of $23.97. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $22.96 and a 200-day moving average price of $23.21.

iShares ESG Aware USD Corporate Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 23rd. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, December 18th were paid a $0.0872 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, December 18th. This is an increase from iShares ESG Aware USD Corporate Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.08.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares ESG Aware USD Corporate Bond ETF

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of SUSC. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its holdings in iShares ESG Aware USD Corporate Bond ETF by 10.6% during the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 3,155,431 shares of the company’s stock worth $75,068,000 after buying an additional 301,467 shares during the last quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC lifted its stake in iShares ESG Aware USD Corporate Bond ETF by 0.6% during the third quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 111,231 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,646,000 after purchasing an additional 652 shares during the last quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC boosted its holdings in iShares ESG Aware USD Corporate Bond ETF by 13.6% in the third quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC now owns 61,724 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,468,000 after purchasing an additional 7,412 shares during the period. EverSource Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of iShares ESG Aware USD Corporate Bond ETF during the second quarter worth $754,000. Finally, Captrust Financial Advisors acquired a new position in shares of iShares ESG Aware USD Corporate Bond ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at about $297,000.

About iShares ESG Aware USD Corporate Bond ETF

The iShares ESG USD Corporate Bond ETF (SUSC) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in investment grade fixed income. The fund tracks an index of USD-denominated, investment-grade, corporate debt, selected based on positive ESG characteristics. Holdings are optimally weighted to provide a similar risk and return characteristics of the Bloomberg US Corporate Index.