iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF (NASDAQ:AAXJ) Sees Significant Increase in Short Interest

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF (NASDAQ:AAXJ) was the recipient of a large increase in short interest in June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totalling 515,600 shares, an increase of 29.8% from the May 31st total of 397,100 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 482,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.1 days.

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF Stock Performance

AAXJ opened at $71.98 on Friday. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $71.06 and a 200 day moving average price of $67.69. The company has a market cap of $2.38 billion, a PE ratio of 13.34 and a beta of 0.68. iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF has a 1 year low of $60.92 and a 1 year high of $73.64.

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a Semi-Annual dividend, which was paid on Monday, June 17th. Investors of record on Tuesday, June 11th were given a dividend of $0.2654 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, June 11th.

Institutional Trading of iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its position in iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF by 54.8% in the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 2,311,809 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $146,800,000 after acquiring an additional 818,508 shares in the last quarter. OVERSEA CHINESE BANKING Corp Ltd grew its position in iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF by 42.7% in the fourth quarter. OVERSEA CHINESE BANKING Corp Ltd now owns 548,721 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $36,523,000 after acquiring an additional 164,310 shares in the last quarter. Connable Office Inc. acquired a new stake in iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $9,369,000. Flow Traders U.S. LLC acquired a new stake in iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF in the first quarter valued at approximately $8,422,000. Finally, City of London Investment Management Co. Ltd. acquired a new stake in iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $5,999,000.

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF Company Profile

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF (the Fund), formerly The iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, of the MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan Index (the Index).