Short Interest in iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF (NASDAQ:AAXJ) Decreases By 12.8%

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF (NASDAQ:AAXJ) saw a significant decrease in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 1,430,000 shares, a decrease of 12.8% from the December 15th total of 1,640,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 525,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.7 days.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its stake in iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF by 25.3% during the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 3,982,841 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $312,454,000 after purchasing an additional 804,213 shares during the period. iA Global Asset Management Inc. grew its stake in iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF by 15.4% during the third quarter. iA Global Asset Management Inc. now owns 49,746 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $3,903,000 after purchasing an additional 6,640 shares during the period. Finally, Finley Financial LLC acquired a new stake in iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF during the fourth quarter worth approximately $466,000.

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF Trading Up 0.9 %

Shares of AAXJ stock opened at $71.92 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $2.46 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.34 and a beta of 0.68. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $73.44 and a 200-day moving average of $74.07. iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF has a 1-year low of $62.15 and a 1-year high of $82.25.

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 20th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 17th were paid a $1.0738 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 17th.

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).