WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Fund (NYSEARCA:DEM) Short Interest Up 126.8% in August

WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Fund (NYSEARCA:DEM) saw a significant increase in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 50,358 shares, an increase of 126.8% from the August 15th total of 22,201 shares. Approximately 0.1% of the shares of the company are sold short. Based on an average trading volume of 207,911 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.2 days.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Fund

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Morgan Stanley increased its holdings in WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Fund by 5.8% during the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 8,939,360 shares of the company’s stock valued at $417,558,000 after buying an additional 491,321 shares during the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its stake in shares of WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Fund by 19.6% during the 1st quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 7,100,731 shares of the company’s stock worth $352,835,000 after acquiring an additional 1,165,485 shares during the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. grew its position in shares of WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Fund by 4.1% during the 3rd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 2,418,443 shares of the company’s stock valued at $111,199,000 after acquiring an additional 95,924 shares during the period. UBS Group AG grew its position in shares of WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Fund by 1.1% during the 3rd quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 1,899,378 shares of the company’s stock valued at $87,352,000 after acquiring an additional 20,170 shares during the period. Finally, Kestra Investment Management LLC increased its stake in shares of WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Fund by 2.0% in the 4th quarter. Kestra Investment Management LLC now owns 1,208,266 shares of the company’s stock worth $56,438,000 after purchasing an additional 23,787 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 58.33% of the company’s stock.

WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Fund Stock Performance

DEM stock opened at $56.75 on Monday. The company has a market cap of $4.13 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.40 and a beta of 0.56. The business’s 50-day moving average is $54.61 and its two-hundred day moving average is $53.17. WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Fund has a fifty-two week low of $44.23 and a fifty-two week high of $57.17.

About WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Fund

WisdomTree Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund (the Fund) seeks investment results that closely correspond to the price and yield performance of the WisdomTree Emerging Markets Equity Income Index (the Index). The Index is a fundamentally weighted index that measures the performance of the highest dividend yielding stocks selected from the WisdomTree Emerging Markets Dividend Index. At the index measurement date, companies within the WisdomTree Emerging Markets Dividend Index are ranked by dividend yield.