First Trust International Equity Opportunities ETF (NASDAQ:FPXI) Short Interest Update

First Trust International Equity Opportunities ETF (NASDAQ:FPXI) was the recipient of a significant growth in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 7,182 shares, a growth of 394.6% from the December 15th total of 1,452 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 6,518 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.1 days. Currently, 0.3% of the company’s shares are short sold. Currently, 0.3% of the company’s shares are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 6,518 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.1 days.

First Trust International Equity Opportunities ETF Trading Down 0.5%

Shares of FPXI opened at $62.63 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $159.70 million, a P/E ratio of 26.06 and a beta of 0.90. First Trust International Equity Opportunities ETF has a 1 year low of $41.17 and a 1 year high of $63.18. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $59.69 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $58.73.

First Trust International Equity Opportunities ETF Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, December 31st. Investors of record on Friday, December 12th were paid a dividend of $0.0686 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, December 12th. This represents a $0.27 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.4%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On First Trust International Equity Opportunities ETF

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of FPXI. Flow Traders U.S. LLC bought a new position in shares of First Trust International Equity Opportunities ETF during the second quarter worth $1,762,000. Susquehanna International Group LLP raised its stake in First Trust International Equity Opportunities ETF by 24.3% during the 3rd quarter. Susquehanna International Group LLP now owns 77,996 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,674,000 after buying an additional 15,236 shares during the period. Impact Partnership Wealth LLC raised its stake in First Trust International Equity Opportunities ETF by 126.1% during the 3rd quarter. Impact Partnership Wealth LLC now owns 14,472 shares of the company’s stock worth $867,000 after buying an additional 8,070 shares during the period. Great Valley Advisor Group Inc. bought a new position in First Trust International Equity Opportunities ETF during the second quarter worth about $392,000. Finally, UBS Group AG lifted its holdings in First Trust International Equity Opportunities ETF by 25.9% during the third quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 31,968 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,916,000 after acquiring an additional 6,572 shares in the last quarter.

About First Trust International Equity Opportunities ETF

The First Trust International Equity Opportunities ETF (FPXI) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the IPOX International index, a market-cap-weighted index of the 50 largest developed markets ex-US IPOs over the first 1,000 trading days for each stock. FPXI was launched on Nov 5, 2014 and is managed by First Trust.