iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF (NASDAQ:IUSG) Short Interest Up 65.2% in December

iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF (NASDAQ:IUSG) was the target of a significant increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 126,200 shares, an increase of 65.2% from the December 15th total of 76,400 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 473,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.3 days.

Institutional Trading of iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. LPL Financial LLC grew its stake in shares of iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF by 0.6% during the 3rd quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 14,877,167 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,962,447,000 after acquiring an additional 91,725 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its holdings in iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF by 6.1% during the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 1,339,301 shares of the company’s stock valued at $176,667,000 after purchasing an additional 76,917 shares during the last quarter. Kestra Investment Management LLC boosted its position in iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF by 11.1% during the third quarter. Kestra Investment Management LLC now owns 840,995 shares of the company’s stock worth $110,936,000 after purchasing an additional 84,236 shares during the period. Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI increased its stake in shares of iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF by 5.2% in the third quarter. Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI now owns 678,511 shares of the company’s stock worth $89,502,000 after purchasing an additional 33,346 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Benjamin Edwards Inc. raised its position in shares of iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF by 10,090.9% in the third quarter. Benjamin Edwards Inc. now owns 599,022 shares of the company’s stock valued at $79,018,000 after purchasing an additional 593,144 shares during the period.

iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF Price Performance

Shares of iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF stock traded up $2.04 on Friday, reaching $142.80. 175,684 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 597,818. The company has a 50 day moving average of $140.34 and a 200 day moving average of $132.96. iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF has a 52 week low of $104.61 and a 52 week high of $145.11. The firm has a market capitalization of $21.57 billion, a PE ratio of 27.75 and a beta of 1.06.

iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 20th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 17th were issued a dividend of $0.254 per share. This is a positive change from iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF’s previous dividend of $0.25. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 17th.

iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF Company Profile

The iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF (IUSG) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the S&P 900 Growth index. The fund tracks an index of US large- and mid-cap growth stocks. The index selects from stocks ranked 1-3000 by market cap based on fundamental growth factors. IUSG was launched on Jul 24, 2000 and is managed by BlackRock.