iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF (NASDAQ:SUSL) Short Interest Update

iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF (NASDAQ:SUSL) was the target of a significant growth in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 19,300 shares, a growth of 41.9% from the December 15th total of 13,600 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 34,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.6 days.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF

Several institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. First Pacific Financial lifted its holdings in shares of iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF by 180.0% during the 4th quarter. First Pacific Financial now owns 1,680 shares of the company’s stock valued at $173,000 after purchasing an additional 1,080 shares during the last quarter. Cliftonlarsonallen Wealth Advisors LLC increased its position in iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF by 0.8% during the 4th quarter. Cliftonlarsonallen Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 71,585 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,376,000 after buying an additional 591 shares in the last quarter. Horizon Wealth Management LLC increased its position in iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF by 16.9% during the 4th quarter. Horizon Wealth Management LLC now owns 2,629 shares of the company’s stock valued at $271,000 after buying an additional 381 shares in the last quarter. Ridgeline Wealth LLC purchased a new stake in iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF in the fourth quarter valued at about $345,000. Finally, SK Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF in the third quarter worth about $3,597,000.

iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF Price Performance

Shares of SUSL stock traded up $1.26 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $105.38. 5,603 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 19,648. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $105.24 and its two-hundred day moving average is $101.43. iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF has a 52-week low of $84.34 and a 52-week high of $108.04. The stock has a market cap of $1.01 billion, a P/E ratio of 29.97 and a beta of 1.00.

iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 20th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 17th were given a dividend of $0.331 per share. This is a boost from iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF’s previous dividend of $0.32. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 17th.

iShares ESG MSCI USA Leaders ETF Company Profile

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.