iShares MSCI World ETF (NYSEARCA:URTH) Short Interest Update

iShares MSCI World ETF (NYSEARCA:URTH) was the recipient of a significant decrease in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 736,792 shares, a decrease of 61.6% from the April 30th total of 1,920,988 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 731,784 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.0 days. Approximately 1.7% of the company’s stock are sold short.

iShares MSCI World ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA:URTH opened at $204.93 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $8.73 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.04 and a beta of 0.95. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $192.61 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $188.97. iShares MSCI World ETF has a 52-week low of $161.91 and a 52-week high of $205.65.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of URTH. NewEdge Advisors LLC boosted its position in iShares MSCI World ETF by 70,466.7% in the second quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 25,404 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,303,000 after purchasing an additional 25,368 shares during the last quarter. Main Street Financial Solutions LLC purchased a new position in iShares MSCI World ETF in the second quarter worth about $513,000. Raymond James Financial Inc. boosted its position in iShares MSCI World ETF by 5.3% in the second quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 115,770 shares of the company’s stock worth $19,609,000 after purchasing an additional 5,780 shares during the last quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC boosted its position in iShares MSCI World ETF by 184.8% in the second quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC now owns 50,300 shares of the company’s stock worth $8,519,000 after purchasing an additional 32,640 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Two Sigma Securities LLC boosted its position in iShares MSCI World ETF by 42.7% in the second quarter. Two Sigma Securities LLC now owns 2,052 shares of the company’s stock worth $348,000 after purchasing an additional 614 shares during the last quarter.

iShares MSCI World ETF Company Profile

The iShares MSCI World ETF (URTH) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI World index, a market-cap-weighted index of stocks that cover 85% of the developed world’s market capitalization. URTH was launched on Jan 10, 2012 and is managed by BlackRock.