SPDR S&P Global Dividend ETF (NYSEARCA:WDIV) Short Interest Update

SPDR S&P Global Dividend ETF (NYSEARCA:WDIV) saw a significant decline in short interest during the month of February. As of February 27th, there was short interest totaling 5,801 shares, a decline of 54.8% from the February 12th total of 12,829 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 15,242 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.4 days. Approximately 0.2% of the company’s shares are short sold. Approximately 0.2% of the company’s shares are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 15,242 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.4 days.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On SPDR S&P Global Dividend ETF

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Corient Private Wealth LLC lifted its stake in shares of SPDR S&P Global Dividend ETF by 99.1% in the second quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 116,376 shares of the company’s stock worth $8,209,000 after acquiring an additional 57,916 shares during the period. KKM Financial LLC acquired a new stake in SPDR S&P Global Dividend ETF during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $4,160,000. State Street Corp increased its position in SPDR S&P Global Dividend ETF by 119.3% during the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 63,600 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,798,000 after purchasing an additional 34,600 shares during the period. Prudential PLC raised its holdings in SPDR S&P Global Dividend ETF by 77.7% during the 2nd quarter. Prudential PLC now owns 59,624 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,206,000 after purchasing an additional 26,080 shares during the last quarter. Finally, AE Wealth Management LLC raised its holdings in SPDR S&P Global Dividend ETF by 4.3% during the 3rd quarter. AE Wealth Management LLC now owns 336,822 shares of the company’s stock worth $24,485,000 after purchasing an additional 13,920 shares during the last quarter.

SPDR S&P Global Dividend ETF Trading Down 1.3%

NYSEARCA:WDIV traded down $1.01 during trading hours on Thursday, hitting $77.08. 11,532 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 18,247. The stock has a market capitalization of $242.80 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.04 and a beta of 0.63. SPDR S&P Global Dividend ETF has a one year low of $59.40 and a one year high of $82.67. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $79.36 and a 200 day simple moving average of $75.69.

SPDR S&P Global Dividend ETF Company Profile

The SPDR S&P Global Dividend ETF (WDIV) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in high dividend yield equity. The fund tracks an index of 100 high-dividend-yielding stocks from the S&P Global BMI Index. Constituents are selected and weighted by dividends. WDIV was launched on May 29, 2013 and is managed by State Street.