iShares International Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:IGOV) Short Interest Up 10.4% in December

iShares International Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:IGOV) was the recipient of a large increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 134,300 shares, an increase of 10.4% from the December 15th total of 121,600 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 147,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.9 days.

Institutional Trading of iShares International Treasury Bond ETF

Several institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of IGOV. Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB acquired a new stake in shares of iShares International Treasury Bond ETF in the third quarter valued at $8,090,000. Creative Planning lifted its holdings in shares of iShares International Treasury Bond ETF by 12.3% during the second quarter. Creative Planning now owns 734,241 shares of the company’s stock valued at $28,349,000 after purchasing an additional 80,166 shares during the last quarter. Bank of Montreal Can lifted its holdings in shares of iShares International Treasury Bond ETF by 9,337.0% during the second quarter. Bank of Montreal Can now owns 66,908 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,611,000 after purchasing an additional 66,199 shares during the last quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares International Treasury Bond ETF by 41.0% during the third quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 89,453 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,741,000 after purchasing an additional 25,996 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Empirical Asset Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares International Treasury Bond ETF by 64.2% during the third quarter. Empirical Asset Management LLC now owns 50,518 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,113,000 after purchasing an additional 19,756 shares during the last quarter.

iShares International Treasury Bond ETF Price Performance

IGOV traded down $0.11 during trading on Friday, reaching $37.86. 214,291 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 145,336. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $38.99 and a 200 day moving average of $40.06. iShares International Treasury Bond ETF has a 52 week low of $37.30 and a 52 week high of $42.28.

iShares International Treasury Bond ETF Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed an annual dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 23rd. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, December 18th were issued a $0.2269 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, December 18th. This represents a dividend yield of 0.59%.

iShares International Treasury Bond ETF Company Profile

iShares International Treasury Bond ETF, formerly iShares S&P/Citigroup International Treasury Bond Fund (the Fund), is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond to the price and yield performance, of the S&P/Citigroup International Treasury Bond Index Ex US (the Index).