iShares ESG Aware U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:EAGG) Short Interest Update

iShares ESG Aware U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:EAGG) was the target of a significant decrease in short interest during the month of August. As of August 14th, there was short interest totaling 284,171 shares, a decrease of 66.2% from the July 30th total of 841,138 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 496,694 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.6 days. Currently, 0.3% of the company’s stock are sold short.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares ESG Aware U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Motco lifted its position in shares of iShares ESG Aware U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF by 11.2% during the 4th quarter. Motco now owns 2,362 shares of the company’s stock worth $113,000 after purchasing an additional 238 shares during the last quarter. Manning & Napier Advisors LLC grew its holdings in iShares ESG Aware U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF by 9.6% in the 4th quarter. Manning & Napier Advisors LLC now owns 4,223 shares of the company’s stock valued at $202,000 after buying an additional 370 shares during the last quarter. Spinnaker Trust grew its holdings in iShares ESG Aware U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF by 2.1% in the 4th quarter. Spinnaker Trust now owns 17,870 shares of the company’s stock valued at $855,000 after buying an additional 370 shares during the last quarter. Farmers National Bank increased its position in iShares ESG Aware U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF by 6.5% in the 1st quarter. Farmers National Bank now owns 6,614 shares of the company’s stock worth $314,000 after buying an additional 401 shares during the period. Finally, Valeo Financial Advisors LLC increased its position in iShares ESG Aware U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF by 2.3% in the 4th quarter. Valeo Financial Advisors LLC now owns 24,727 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,183,000 after buying an additional 564 shares during the period.

iShares ESG Aware U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF Trading Down 0.3%

Shares of NYSEARCA:EAGG opened at $46.68 on Friday. iShares ESG Aware U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF has a 1 year low of $46.52 and a 1 year high of $48.60. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $46.91 and a 200 day simple moving average of $47.36.

About iShares ESG Aware U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF

The iShares ESG U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF (EAGG) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in investment grade fixed income. The fund tracks a market-value-weighted index of US dollar-denominated bonds from issuers evaluated for favorable ESG practices. EAGG was launched on Oct 18, 2018 and is managed by BlackRock.