Small Cap Growth Alpha ETF (NASDAQ:JSML) Short Interest Update

Small Cap Growth Alpha ETF (NASDAQ:JSML) was the target of a significant growth in short interest in July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 95,400 shares, agrowthof11,825.0% from the July 15th total of 800 shares. Currently,3.6% of the company’s stock are sold short. Based on an average daily volume of 14,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 6.4 days. Based on an average daily volume of 14,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 6.4 days. Currently,3.6% of the company’s stock are sold short.

Institutional Trading of Small Cap Growth Alpha ETF

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. LPL Financial LLC lifted its position in shares of Small Cap Growth Alpha ETF by 36.7% in the first quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 199,115 shares of the company’s stock worth $12,118,000 after purchasing an additional 53,503 shares in the last quarter. CWM LLC lifted its position in shares of Small Cap Growth Alpha ETF by 2.0% in the second quarter. CWM LLC now owns 193,140 shares of the company’s stock worth $13,027,000 after purchasing an additional 3,798 shares in the last quarter. Whipplewood Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of Small Cap Growth Alpha ETF by 49,516.0% in the first quarter. Whipplewood Advisors LLC now owns 186,060 shares of the company’s stock worth $11,324,000 after purchasing an additional 185,685 shares in the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. lifted its position in shares of Small Cap Growth Alpha ETF by 1.0% in the first quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 183,110 shares of the company’s stock worth $11,144,000 after purchasing an additional 1,791 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. raised its position in Small Cap Growth Alpha ETF by 23.5% during the first quarter. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. now owns 121,990 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,424,000 after acquiring an additional 23,219 shares in the last quarter.

Small Cap Growth Alpha ETF Price Performance

NASDAQ JSML opened at $70.72 on Friday. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $67.73 and a 200-day simple moving average of $64.29. The firm has a market capitalization of $189.53 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.21 and a beta of 1.28. Small Cap Growth Alpha ETF has a 52-week low of $52.84 and a 52-week high of $74.37.

Small Cap Growth Alpha ETF Cuts Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, July 7th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 30th were given a $0.2068 dividend. This represents a $0.83 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 30th.

About Small Cap Growth Alpha ETF

The Janus Henderson Small Cap Growth Alpha ETF (JSML) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the Janus Small Cap Growth Alpha index. The fund tracks a market cap-weighted index of US small cap stocks selected by fundamental measures of growth, profitability and capital efficiency. Weighting relies on the actively-managed Janus Venture Fund.