Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF (NASDAQ:QVAL) Short Interest Update

Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF (NASDAQ:QVAL) was the target of a large decline in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 56,052 shares, a decline of 35.1% from the April 15th total of 86,327 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 27,932 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.0 days. Approximately 0.6% of the shares of the company are short sold.

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

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. acquired a new position in shares of Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF in the 3rd quarter worth $97,000. Sankala Group LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF in the fourth quarter worth about $664,000. Baker Boyer National Bank lifted its position in shares of Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF by 3.7% in the third quarter. Baker Boyer National Bank now owns 25,070 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,170,000 after buying an additional 899 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Ethos Financial Group LLC lifted its position in shares of Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF by 10.7% in the fourth quarter. Ethos Financial Group LLC now owns 291,178 shares of the company’s stock worth $14,208,000 after buying an additional 28,116 shares during the last quarter.

Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF Price Performance

NASDAQ:QVAL opened at $52.81 on Wednesday. Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF has a 12-month low of $42.35 and a 12-month high of $55.85. The firm has a market capitalization of $498.00 million, a P/E ratio of 11.60 and a beta of 0.98. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $52.91 and a 200 day simple moving average of $51.08.

Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 31st. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 30th were paid a dividend of $0.2101 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 30th.

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.