iShares MSCI Pacific ex Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EPP) Short Interest Update

iShares MSCI Pacific ex Japan ETF (NYSEARCA:EPP) was the target of a significant growth in short interest in the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 590,561 shares, a growth of 643.2% from the June 15th total of 79,462 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 316,127 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.9 days. Approximately 1.5% of the shares of the company are short sold.

iShares MSCI Pacific ex Japan ETF Trading Down 0.2%

EPP traded down $0.13 on Monday, hitting $54.47. 74,518 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 449,199. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $54.51 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $54.08. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.14 billion, a PE ratio of 18.02 and a beta of 0.78. iShares MSCI Pacific ex Japan ETF has a 52 week low of $48.92 and a 52 week high of $57.07.

Institutional Trading of iShares MSCI Pacific ex Japan ETF

Several institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of EPP. Flow Traders U.S. LLC raised its position in shares of iShares MSCI Pacific ex Japan ETF by 95.4% in the 3rd quarter. Flow Traders U.S. LLC now owns 223,148 shares of the company’s stock valued at $11,506,000 after acquiring an additional 108,969 shares during the period. Syon Capital LLC boosted its position in shares of iShares MSCI Pacific ex Japan ETF by 4.2% during the fourth quarter. Syon Capital LLC now owns 149,318 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,536,000 after purchasing an additional 5,998 shares in the last quarter. Rathbones Group PLC boosted its position in shares of iShares MSCI Pacific ex Japan ETF by 6.9% during the first quarter. Rathbones Group PLC now owns 119,865 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,370,000 after purchasing an additional 7,767 shares in the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. raised its stake in iShares MSCI Pacific ex Japan ETF by 1.0% during the 3rd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 94,255 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,851,000 after buying an additional 953 shares during the period. Finally, Hilltop Holdings Inc. bought a new position in iShares MSCI Pacific ex Japan ETF during the first quarter worth about $2,714,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 74.75% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI Pacific ex Japan ETF Company Profile

iShares MSCI Pacific ex Japan ET (the Fund), formerly iShares MSCI Pacific ex-Japan Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of publicly traded securities in the aggregate in the Australia, Hong Kong, New Zealand and Singapore markets, as measured by the MSCI Pacific ex-Japan Index (the Index). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities that collectively has an investment profile similar to the underlying index.