iShares ESG Advanced MSCI USA ETF (NASDAQ:USXF) Short Interest Update

iShares ESG Advanced MSCI USA ETF (NASDAQ:USXF) saw a significant increase in short interest in July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 35,000 shares, anincreaseof182.3% from the July 15th total of 12,400 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 121,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.3 days. Currently,0.2% of the shares of the company are sold short. Currently,0.2% of the shares of the company are sold short. Based on an average daily volume of 121,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.3 days.

iShares ESG Advanced MSCI USA ETF Stock Performance

NASDAQ:USXF opened at $56.05 on Friday. The business has a fifty day moving average of $54.29 and a 200-day moving average of $50.41. iShares ESG Advanced MSCI USA ETF has a 1 year low of $40.01 and a 1 year high of $56.51. The stock has a market cap of $1.27 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.41 and a beta of 1.03.

iShares ESG Advanced MSCI USA ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 20th. Investors of record on Monday, June 16th were paid a dividend of $0.1291 per share. This is an increase from iShares ESG Advanced MSCI USA ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.09. This represents a $0.52 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.9%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 16th.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of USXF. Orion Porfolio Solutions LLC boosted its stake in iShares ESG Advanced MSCI USA ETF by 751.0% during the second quarter. Orion Porfolio Solutions LLC now owns 402,982 shares of the company’s stock valued at $22,910,000 after buying an additional 355,630 shares in the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC boosted its position in shares of iShares ESG Advanced MSCI USA ETF by 10.6% in the 1st quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 1,159,705 shares of the company’s stock valued at $54,123,000 after purchasing an additional 111,539 shares during the period. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. boosted its position in shares of iShares ESG Advanced MSCI USA ETF by 1.9% in the 1st quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 5,174,807 shares of the company’s stock valued at $241,508,000 after purchasing an additional 94,960 shares during the period. Sei Investments Co. boosted its position in shares of iShares ESG Advanced MSCI USA ETF by 15.0% in the 2nd quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 715,184 shares of the company’s stock valued at $38,570,000 after purchasing an additional 93,098 shares during the period. Finally, Mackenzie Financial Corp boosted its position in shares of iShares ESG Advanced MSCI USA ETF by 23.5% in the 4th quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp now owns 465,904 shares of the company’s stock valued at $23,165,000 after purchasing an additional 88,667 shares during the period.

About iShares ESG Advanced MSCI USA ETF

The iShares ESG Advanced MSCI USA ETF (USXF) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI USA Choice ESG Screened index. The fund tracks an index of large- and mid-cap US equities screened for positive environmental, social and governance rating while also screening for involvement in controversial activities.