iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF Stock Forecast, Price & News

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iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF saw a drop in short interest during the month of August. As of August 13th, there was short interest totaling 11,400,000 shares, a drop of 12.6% from the July 29th total of 13,050,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 3,063,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.7 days.
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iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF's stock was trading at $106.97 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, IBB stock has increased by 61.3% and is now trading at $172.51.
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iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.16%.
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iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF shares split on Friday, December 1st 2017. The 3-1 split was announced on Tuesday, November 7th 2017. The newly minted shares were issued to shareholders after the closing bell on Thursday, November 30th 2017. An investor that had 100 shares of iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF stock prior to the split would have 300 shares after the split.

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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), The Walt Disney (DIS), Netflix (NFLX), Alibaba Group (BABA), Tesla (TSLA), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Micron Technology (MU), Bank of America (BAC), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) and PayPal (PYPL).

iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "IBB."

iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Jefferies Group LLC (0.00%), Morgan Stanley (5.11%), Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (2.94%), Citigroup Inc. (2.74%), BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA (2.73%) and Vision Capital Corp (0.00%).

IBB stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund, Elliott Investment Management L.P., JPMorgan Chase & Co., PFM Health Sciences LP, Susquehanna International Group LLP, and Citigroup Inc..

IBB stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Jefferies Group LLC, Vision Capital Corp, Liberty Wealth Management LLC, Ergoteles LLC, Bank of Nova Scotia, Total Investment Management Inc., Twin Tree Management LP, and BNP Paribas Arbitrage SA.

Shares of IBB can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of IBB stock can currently be purchased for approximately $172.51.

iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF has a market capitalization of $11.08 billion.