First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FDTS) Short Interest Update

First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FDTS) was the target of a significant growth in short interest during the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 86 shares, a growth of 186.7% from the June 15th total of 30 shares. Approximately 0.0% of the company’s shares are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 862 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.1 days.

First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund Stock Performance

NASDAQ:FDTS traded up $0.09 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, hitting $65.97. The company had a trading volume of 30 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,663. First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund has a fifty-two week low of $51.05 and a fifty-two week high of $72.63. The firm has a market cap of $13.19 million, a P/E ratio of 8.58 and a beta of 0.83. The business’s fifty day moving average is $68.14 and its two-hundred day moving average is $66.57.

First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 30th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 25th were paid a $0.7453 dividend. This is a boost from First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.16. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, June 25th. This represents a $2.98 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.5%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Crusonia Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund in the 4th quarter valued at $2,522,000. City Holding Co. bought a new stake in shares of First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund in the 2nd quarter valued at $583,000. Citadel Advisors LLC raised its stake in First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund by 32.5% during the 3rd quarter. Citadel Advisors LLC now owns 17,298 shares of the company’s stock worth $969,000 after buying an additional 4,238 shares during the period. Osaic Holdings Inc. raised its stake in First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund by 3,365.8% during the 4th quarter. Osaic Holdings Inc. now owns 2,738 shares of the company’s stock worth $160,000 after buying an additional 2,659 shares during the period. Finally, Noble Wealth Management PBC bought a new position in First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund during the second quarter worth about $131,000.

First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund Company Profile

The First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund (FDTS) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the NASDAQ AlphaDEX DM Ex-US Small Cap index. The fund tracks a tiered equal-weighted index of 400 small-cap companies selected from the S&P Developed Markets ex-US BMI based on S&P’s AlphaDex selection methodology. FDTS was launched on Feb 15, 2012 and is managed by First Trust.