iShares USD Green Bond ETF (NASDAQ:BGRN) Short Interest Down 38.4% in April

iShares USD Green Bond ETF (NASDAQ:BGRN) was the target of a large decline in short interest in April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totalling 7,700 shares, a decline of 38.4% from the March 31st total of 12,500 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 25,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.3 days.

iShares USD Green Bond ETF Trading Up 0.3 %

BGRN stock traded up $0.14 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $45.96. 16,225 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 25,910. iShares USD Green Bond ETF has a fifty-two week low of $44.18 and a fifty-two week high of $47.38. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $46.48 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $46.23.

iShares USD Green Bond ETF Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Friday, April 5th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, April 2nd were paid a $0.1504 dividend. This represents a $1.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.93%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, April 1st.

Institutional Trading of iShares USD Green Bond ETF

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Betterment LLC lifted its stake in shares of iShares USD Green Bond ETF by 3.4% during the third quarter. Betterment LLC now owns 974,909 shares of the company’s stock worth $43,998,000 after purchasing an additional 31,771 shares in the last quarter. Empower Advisory Group LLC lifted its position in iShares USD Green Bond ETF by 1.7% during the 3rd quarter. Empower Advisory Group LLC now owns 961,142 shares of the company’s stock worth $43,376,000 after acquiring an additional 15,920 shares in the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. boosted its holdings in iShares USD Green Bond ETF by 8.9% in the 3rd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 319,191 shares of the company’s stock worth $14,405,000 after acquiring an additional 25,984 shares during the period. Francis Financial Inc. grew its position in iShares USD Green Bond ETF by 40.3% in the first quarter. Francis Financial Inc. now owns 291,536 shares of the company’s stock valued at $13,670,000 after acquiring an additional 83,678 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV raised its stake in shares of iShares USD Green Bond ETF by 47.0% during the third quarter. Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV now owns 206,605 shares of the company’s stock valued at $9,324,000 after purchasing an additional 66,026 shares during the period.

About iShares USD Green Bond ETF

The iShares USD Green Bond ETF (BGRN) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in investment grade fixed income. The fund tracks a market-value-weighted index of USD-denominated investment-grade government and corporate bonds linked to environmentally beneficial projects, as identified by MSCI.