iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:IXUS) Short Interest Up 9.7% in January

iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ:IXUS) was the target of a significant increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 9,930,000 shares, an increase of 9.7% from the December 31st total of 9,050,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,685,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 5.9 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Tradewinds LLC. raised its stake in shares of iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF by 4.1% during the third quarter. Tradewinds LLC. now owns 3,700 shares of the company’s stock valued at $269,000 after acquiring an additional 146 shares in the last quarter. Icon Wealth Advisors LLC raised its stake in iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF by 1.9% in the third quarter. Icon Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 8,444 shares of the company’s stock worth $613,000 after buying an additional 161 shares in the last quarter. Harbor Investment Advisory LLC raised its stake in iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF by 3.7% in the fourth quarter. Harbor Investment Advisory LLC now owns 5,164 shares of the company’s stock worth $342,000 after buying an additional 184 shares in the last quarter. Madison Park Capital Advisors LLC raised its stake in iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF by 6.3% in the third quarter. Madison Park Capital Advisors LLC now owns 3,903 shares of the company’s stock worth $284,000 after buying an additional 232 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Cozad Asset Management Inc. raised its stake in iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF by 2.2% in the third quarter. Cozad Asset Management Inc. now owns 10,756 shares of the company’s stock worth $781,000 after buying an additional 235 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF Price Performance

Shares of iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF stock traded down $0.71 during trading on Monday, reaching $67.69. 2,577,075 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,531,175. The company has a market capitalization of $38.31 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.97 and a beta of 0.84. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $67.62 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $68.96. iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF has a 52-week low of $63.30 and a 52-week high of $73.53.

iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 20th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 17th were given a dividend of $1.1817 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 17th.

About iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF

The iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF (IXUS) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI AC World ex USA IMI index, a market-cap-weighted index of global stocks covering 99% of the global market capitalization outside the US. IXUS was launched on Oct 18, 2012 and is managed by BlackRock.