First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX Fund (NYSEARCA:FXG) Stock Short Interest Report for September

First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX Fund (NYSEARCA:FXG) was the recipient of a significant decrease in short interest in the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totaling 1,534 shares, a decrease of 93.1% from the September 15th total of 22,382 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 13,767 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.1 days. Currently, 0.0% of the company’s stock are sold short.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX Fund

Hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC bought a new stake in shares of First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX Fund during the 2nd quarter valued at $307,000. Cetera Investment Advisers grew its holdings in First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX Fund by 17.5% during the 1st quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 28,824 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,837,000 after buying an additional 4,297 shares in the last quarter. Milestones Private Investment Advisors LLC grew its holdings in First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX Fund by 2.6% during the 1st quarter. Milestones Private Investment Advisors LLC now owns 58,095 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,702,000 after buying an additional 1,456 shares in the last quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp purchased a new position in First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX Fund during the 1st quarter valued at about $191,000. Finally, Kestra Advisory Services LLC increased its position in shares of First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX Fund by 4.2% during the first quarter. Kestra Advisory Services LLC now owns 12,009 shares of the company’s stock valued at $765,000 after buying an additional 488 shares during the period.

First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX Fund Price Performance

Shares of FXG traded down $0.42 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $59.54. The stock had a trading volume of 9,773 shares, compared to its average volume of 19,535. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $62.82 and a 200-day simple moving average of $63.02. The firm has a market capitalization of $208.39 million, a P/E ratio of 15.10 and a beta of 0.50. First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX Fund has a 1-year low of $57.29 and a 1-year high of $69.50.

About First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX Fund

First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX Fund (the Fund) is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield of an equity index called the StrataQuant Consumer Staples Index (the Index). The Index is an enhanced index created and administered by the AMEX, which employs the AlphaDEX stock selection methodology to select stocks from the Russell 1000 Index. The AMEX constructs the Index by ranking the stocks, which are members of the Russell 1000 Index on growth factors, including 3, 6 and 12-month price appreciation, sales to price and one-year sales growth, and separately on value factors, including book value to price, cash flow to price and return on assets.