iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF (NASDAQ:SUSL) Short Interest Up 94.9% in July

Posted by Tristan Rich on Jul 30th, 2026

iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF (NASDAQ:SUSL – Get Free Report) was the recipient of a significant increase in short interest during the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 123,688 shares, an increase of 94.9% from the June 30th total of 63,468 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 19,585 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 6.3 days. Approximately 1.4% of the shares of the stock are short sold.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Navalign LLC purchased a new position in shares of iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF during the fourth quarter worth approximately $33,000. Triumph Capital Management purchased a new stake in shares of iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at $42,000. Turning Point Benefit Group Inc. bought a new position in shares of iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF during the 4th quarter valued at $47,000. Hantz Financial Services Inc. bought a new position in shares of iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF during the 4th quarter valued at $56,000. Finally, Kestra Advisory Services LLC purchased a new position in iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF in the 4th quarter worth $80,000.

iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF Trading Down 1.3%

SUSL opened at $128.34 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.10 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.42 and a beta of 1.04. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $131.57 and a 200-day moving average price of $125.17. iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF has a 12-month low of $109.43 and a 12-month high of $134.27.

iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 18th. Investors of record on Monday, June 15th were given a $0.2852 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 15th. This represents a $1.14 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.9%.

About iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF

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The iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF (SUSL) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI USA Extended ESG Leaders index. The fund tracks an index of US large- and mid-cap firms with the highest ESG ratings, weighted by market-cap within each sector buckets. SUSL was launched on May 7, 2019 and is managed by BlackRock.