Short Interest in ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF (NYSEARCA:SDOG) Grows By 157.7%

ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF (NYSEARCA:SDOG) saw a large growth in short interest in the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 42,394 shares, a growth of 157.7% from the July 15th total of 16,454 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 37,203 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.1 days. Currently, 0.2% of the company’s shares are sold short.

Institutional Trading of ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Money Concepts Capital Corp lifted its holdings in shares of ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF by 0.6% during the first quarter. Money Concepts Capital Corp now owns 35,647 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,318,000 after purchasing an additional 201 shares during the period. MML Investors Services LLC grew its holdings in shares of ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF by 1.1% in the 4th quarter. MML Investors Services LLC now owns 20,540 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,242,000 after acquiring an additional 229 shares during the period. Stifel Financial Corp increased its position in shares of ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF by 0.4% in the fourth quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 61,497 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,719,000 after buying an additional 229 shares in the last quarter. Cullen Frost Bankers Inc. grew its position in shares of ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF by 26.9% in the fourth quarter. Cullen Frost Bankers Inc. now owns 1,198 shares of the company’s stock valued at $72,000 after purchasing an additional 254 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC increased its position in ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF by 5.1% during the second quarter. Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC now owns 5,308 shares of the company’s stock worth $362,000 after buying an additional 257 shares in the last quarter.

ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF Trading Up 0.9%

ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF stock opened at $73.58 on Friday. ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF has a twelve month low of $57.70 and a twelve month high of $73.80. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.45 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.06 and a beta of 0.70. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $70.30 and its 200-day simple moving average is $67.52.

ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF Company Profile

The ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF (SDOG) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the S-Network Sector Dividend Dogs index. The fund tracks an equal-weighted index of the five highest-yielding S&P 500 securities in each sector. SDOG was launched on Jun 29, 2012 and is managed by ALPS.