John Hancock Hedged Equity ETF (NYSEARCA:JHDG) Short Interest Update

John Hancock Hedged Equity ETF (NYSEARCA:JHDG) was the target of a significant decline in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 1,064 shares, a decline of 59.5% from the August 15th total of 2,626 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 3,056 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.3 days. Approximately 0.0% of the shares of the stock are sold short.

John Hancock Hedged Equity ETF Stock Performance

Shares of JHDG stock opened at $27.93 on Friday. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $27.88 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $26.96. The company has a market cap of $108.37 million, a PE ratio of -144,715.03 and a beta of 1.02. John Hancock Hedged Equity ETF has a fifty-two week low of $25.62 and a fifty-two week high of $28.81.

John Hancock Hedged Equity ETF Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 30th. Investors of record on Friday, June 26th were given a dividend of $0.0281 per share. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.2%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, June 26th. John Hancock Hedged Equity ETF’s dividend payout ratio is currently -10,362.69%.