FlexShares Morningstar Developed Markets ex-US Factor Tilt Index Fund (NYSEARCA:TLTD) Short Interest Up 2,988.2% in May

FlexShares Morningstar Developed Markets ex-US Factor Tilt Index Fund (NYSEARCA:TLTD) was the recipient of a large increase in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 20,969 shares, an increase of 2,988.2% from the April 30th total of 679 shares. Currently, 0.3% of the shares of the company are short sold. Based on an average trading volume of 10,838 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.9 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of TLTD. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its position in FlexShares Morningstar Developed Markets ex-US Factor Tilt Index Fund by 1.2% during the 2nd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 14,373 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,200,000 after acquiring an additional 171 shares during the last quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors acquired a new position in FlexShares Morningstar Developed Markets ex-US Factor Tilt Index Fund during the 2nd quarter worth $220,000. BOKF NA raised its position in shares of FlexShares Morningstar Developed Markets ex-US Factor Tilt Index Fund by 266.0% during the third quarter. BOKF NA now owns 6,174 shares of the company’s stock valued at $548,000 after buying an additional 4,487 shares during the last quarter. Flow Traders U.S. LLC acquired a new position in shares of FlexShares Morningstar Developed Markets ex-US Factor Tilt Index Fund during the third quarter valued at about $6,444,000. Finally, Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC raised its position in shares of FlexShares Morningstar Developed Markets ex-US Factor Tilt Index Fund by 5.3% during the third quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC now owns 8,011 shares of the company’s stock valued at $711,000 after buying an additional 404 shares during the last quarter.

FlexShares Morningstar Developed Markets ex-US Factor Tilt Index Fund Trading Down 0.0%

FlexShares Morningstar Developed Markets ex-US Factor Tilt Index Fund stock traded down $0.04 on Wednesday, reaching $101.47. 4,750 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 16,878. The stock has a market cap of $649.41 million, a PE ratio of 13.36 and a beta of 0.75. FlexShares Morningstar Developed Markets ex-US Factor Tilt Index Fund has a twelve month low of $79.85 and a twelve month high of $105.06. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $97.64 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $95.91.

About FlexShares Morningstar Developed Markets ex-US Factor Tilt Index Fund

The FlexShares Morningstar Developed Markets ex-US Factor Tilt Index Fund (TLTD) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in total market equity. The fund tracks an index of equities from developed countries outside the US. The index favors smaller, value-oriented firms. TLTD was launched on Sep 28, 2012 and is managed by FlexShares.