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) saw a large growth in short interest in August. As of August 14th, there was short interest totaling 1,280 shares, a growth of ∞ from the July 30th total of 0 shares. Currently, 0.6% of the shares of the company are sold short. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 944 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.4 days.

First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund Trading Down 0.3%

First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund stock opened at $70.79 on Friday. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $66.79 and a 200 day simple moving average of $67.83. First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund has a 1-year low of $54.10 and a 1-year high of $72.63. The firm has a market capitalization of $14.16 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.58 and a beta of 0.83.

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 issued a $0.7453 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, June 25th. This is an increase from First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.16. This represents a $2.98 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.2%.

Institutional Trading of First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund

A number of institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Citadel Advisors LLC boosted its stake in First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund by 32.5% in the 3rd quarter. Citadel Advisors LLC now owns 17,298 shares of the company’s stock worth $969,000 after purchasing an additional 4,238 shares during the period. Osaic Holdings Inc. increased its position in shares of First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund by 3,365.8% during the fourth quarter. Osaic Holdings Inc. now owns 2,738 shares of the company’s stock valued at $160,000 after buying an additional 2,659 shares during the period. Crusonia Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund in the fourth quarter worth about $2,522,000. Noble Wealth Management PBC purchased a new stake in shares of First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund in the second quarter worth about $131,000. Finally, City Holding Co. bought a new position in shares of First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund in the second quarter valued at approximately $583,000.

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.