iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF (NASDAQ:EMXC) Sees Significant Decrease in Short Interest

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF (NASDAQ:EMXC) was the recipient of a large decline in short interest during the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,417,373 shares, a decline of 59.3% from the December 31st total of 3,481,119 shares. Currently, 0.7% of the shares of the company are short sold. Based on an average trading volume of 2,088,905 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.7 days. Based on an average trading volume of 2,088,905 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.7 days. Currently, 0.7% of the shares of the company are short sold.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. MJT & Associates Financial Advisory Group Inc. acquired a new position in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF during the second quarter worth approximately $32,000. Kickstand Ventures LLC. grew its holdings in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF by 1.8% during the 2nd quarter. Kickstand Ventures LLC. now owns 29,669 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,873,000 after acquiring an additional 511 shares during the last quarter. Duncan Williams Asset Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $1,873,000. Inlight Wealth Management LLC boosted its stake in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF by 141.9% during the second quarter. Inlight Wealth Management LLC now owns 20,723 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,308,000 after acquiring an additional 12,158 shares in the last quarter. Finally, High Note Wealth LLC raised its holdings in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF by 37.4% during the second quarter. High Note Wealth LLC now owns 89,224 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,634,000 after buying an additional 24,272 shares during the last quarter.

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:EMXC traded down $1.61 on Friday, hitting $79.82. 3,010,282 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,280,564. The firm has a market capitalization of $15.33 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.28 and a beta of 0.82. iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF has a one year low of $49.60 and a one year high of $82.15. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $73.87 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $69.44.

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 19th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 16th were issued a $1.3357 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, December 16th. This represents a yield of 384.0%.

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF Company Profile

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.