WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Fund (NASDAQ:DGRW) Short Interest Up 186.5% in August

WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Fund (NASDAQ:DGRW) was the target of a large growth in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 209,400 shares, a growth of 186.5% from the August 15th total of 73,100 shares. Approximately 0.1% of the company’s stock are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 686,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.3 days. Based on an average daily volume of 686,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.3 days. Approximately 0.1% of the company’s stock are short sold.

WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Fund Trading Down 0.4%

Shares of DGRW stock opened at $88.56 on Monday. The firm has a market capitalization of $16.65 billion, a PE ratio of 22.10 and a beta of 0.88. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $86.35 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $82.02. WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Fund has a 12 month low of $69.84 and a 12 month high of $88.98.

WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Fund Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 27th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, June 25th were paid a dividend of $0.175 per share. This is a boost from WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Fund’s previous dividend of $0.09. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, June 25th.

Institutional Trading of WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Fund

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of DGRW. Bfsg LLC bought a new stake in WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Fund during the 1st quarter valued at $25,000. SouthState Corp bought a new stake in shares of WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Fund in the 1st quarter worth $27,000. AlphaCore Capital LLC bought a new stake in shares of WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Fund in the 1st quarter worth $31,000. Mpwm Advisory Solutions LLC bought a new stake in shares of WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Fund in the 4th quarter worth $32,000. Finally, GHP Investment Advisors Inc. grew its stake in shares of WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Fund by 340.0% in the 1st quarter. GHP Investment Advisors Inc. now owns 440 shares of the company’s stock worth $35,000 after acquiring an additional 340 shares in the last quarter.

WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Fund Company Profile

The WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Fund (DGRW) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in total market equity. The fund tracks the performance of an index that invests in large- and mid-cap dividend-paying US common stocks with growth characteristics. DGRW was launched on May 22, 2013 and is managed by WisdomTree.