Short Interest in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF (NASDAQ:EMXC) Increases By 29.3%

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF (NASDAQ:EMXC) saw a significant growth in short interest in January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 11,870,000 shares, a growth of 29.3% from the January 15th total of 9,180,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,098,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 5.7 days.

Institutional Trading of iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF

Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its position in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF by 212.4% during the fourth quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 14,529,961 shares of the company’s stock worth $805,686,000 after acquiring an additional 9,879,078 shares during the last quarter. Flow Traders U.S. LLC acquired a new position in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF during the third quarter worth about $52,987,000. Hughes Financial Services LLC acquired a new position in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF during the fourth quarter worth about $36,319,000. Eastern Bank acquired a new position in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF during the third quarter worth about $38,581,000. Finally, OLD Mission Capital LLC boosted its position in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF by 48.2% during the fourth quarter. OLD Mission Capital LLC now owns 1,727,406 shares of the company’s stock worth $95,785,000 after acquiring an additional 562,175 shares during the last quarter.

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF Stock Down 0.2 %

Shares of EMXC stock traded down $0.14 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $57.05. 1,354,813 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,210,837. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $56.55 and a two-hundred day moving average of $58.52. iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF has a fifty-two week low of $54.41 and a fifty-two week high of $63.25. The firm has a market cap of $15.65 billion, a P/E ratio of 12.73 and a beta of 0.88.

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 20th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 17th were given a $0.9999 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 17th.

About iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF

The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF (EMXC) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI Emerging Markets ex China index. The fund tracks a market-cap- weighted index of emerging-market firms, excluding China. The index covers 85% of the universe by market cap. EMXC was launched on Jul 18, 2017 and is managed by BlackRock.