Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF (NASDAQ:QVAL) Short Interest Down 38.8% in December

Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF (NASDAQ:QVAL) saw a large decrease in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 23,445 shares, a decrease of 38.8% from the December 15th total of 38,305 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 19,663 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.2 days. Currently, 0.3% of the company’s shares are short sold. Currently, 0.3% of the company’s shares are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 19,663 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.2 days.

Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF Price Performance

Shares of Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF stock traded down $0.48 during trading on Friday, hitting $51.12. The stock had a trading volume of 13,347 shares, compared to its average volume of 21,222. Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF has a 12 month low of $36.77 and a 12 month high of $51.63. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $48.84 and its 200-day simple moving average is $46.57. The stock has a market cap of $464.68 million, a PE ratio of 11.60 and a beta of 1.08.

Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, December 24th. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 23rd were paid a dividend of $0.2421 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 23rd.

Institutional Trading of Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Baker Boyer National Bank increased its stake in Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF by 3.5% in the 2nd quarter. Baker Boyer National Bank now owns 24,171 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,064,000 after buying an additional 812 shares during the period. Ethos Financial Group LLC increased its position in shares of Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF by 20.8% during the second quarter. Ethos Financial Group LLC now owns 245,697 shares of the company’s stock worth $10,813,000 after acquiring an additional 42,305 shares during the period. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. bought a new stake in shares of Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF during the third quarter valued at approximately $97,000.

About Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF

The Alpha Architect US Quantitative Value ETF (QVAL) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in total market equity. The fund is an active, equal-weighted portfolio of US value stocks, screened for forensic accounting and earnings quality. QVAL was launched on Oct 22, 2014 and is issued by Alpha Architect.