Short Interest in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF (NASDAQ:EMXC) Grows By 61.3%

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF (NASDAQ:EMXC) was the target of a significant increase in short interest in the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 547,884 shares, an increase of 61.3% from the July 15th total of 339,586 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 2,856,256 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.2 days. Approximately 0.2% of the company’s shares are sold short.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Rossby Financial LCC increased its position in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF by 8.5% during the fourth quarter. Rossby Financial LCC now owns 1,563 shares of the company’s stock worth $114,000 after acquiring an additional 122 shares during the period. Nations Financial Group Inc. IA ADV boosted its holdings in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF by 1.4% in the 4th quarter. Nations Financial Group Inc. IA ADV now owns 9,680 shares of the company’s stock valued at $704,000 after purchasing an additional 132 shares during the period. Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. boosted its holdings in iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF by 74.3% in the 4th quarter. Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. now owns 697 shares of the company’s stock valued at $51,000 after purchasing an additional 297 shares during the period. Sierra Capital LLC grew its position in shares of iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF by 0.4% during the 4th quarter. Sierra Capital LLC now owns 75,419 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,481,000 after purchasing an additional 323 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Arlington Trust Co LLC increased its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF by 91.8% during the fourth quarter. Arlington Trust Co LLC now owns 744 shares of the company’s stock worth $54,000 after purchasing an additional 356 shares during the period.

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF Stock Up 1.1%

Shares of EMXC traded up $1.02 during trading hours on Wednesday, reaching $95.83. The stock had a trading volume of 1,197,059 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,183,643. iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF has a 52 week low of $62.71 and a 52 week high of $107.12. The company has a market cap of $24.41 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.28 and a beta of 0.89. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $96.76 and a 200 day moving average of $90.56.

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China ETF Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 18th. Investors of record on Monday, June 15th were given a $0.588 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 15th.

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.