iShares MSCI Qatar ETF (NASDAQ:QAT) Short Interest Down 42.3% in March

iShares MSCI Qatar ETF (NASDAQ:QAT) saw a large decrease in short interest in March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totalling 1,500 shares, a decrease of 42.3% from the February 28th total of 2,600 shares. Approximately 0.0% of the shares of the stock are short sold. Based on an average trading volume of 16,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.1 days.

iShares MSCI Qatar ETF Price Performance

QAT opened at $17.75 on Monday. The firm has a market capitalization of $63.90 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.35 and a beta of 0.48. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $18.01 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $18.10. iShares MSCI Qatar ETF has a 1-year low of $16.29 and a 1-year high of $18.82.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares MSCI Qatar ETF

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in QAT. Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd grew its holdings in iShares MSCI Qatar ETF by 5.1% in the 4th quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd now owns 148,949 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,671,000 after buying an additional 7,164 shares in the last quarter. TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. boosted its position in shares of iShares MSCI Qatar ETF by 1.6% during the 4th quarter. TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. now owns 127,726 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,285,000 after acquiring an additional 2,039 shares during the last quarter. Citadel Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of iShares MSCI Qatar ETF during the 4th quarter valued at about $1,258,000. Yousif Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of iShares MSCI Qatar ETF by 6.2% in the fourth quarter. Yousif Capital Management LLC now owns 68,159 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,222,000 after purchasing an additional 4,000 shares during the period. Finally, Comerica Bank increased its position in iShares MSCI Qatar ETF by 6.2% during the fourth quarter. Comerica Bank now owns 68,159 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,222,000 after purchasing an additional 4,000 shares during the last quarter.

About iShares MSCI Qatar ETF

The iShares MSCI Qatar ETF (QAT) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI All Qatar Capped index, a market-cap-weighted index of large-, mid and small-cap Qatari companies. QAT was launched on Apr 29, 2014 and is managed by BlackRock.