First Trust Active Global Quality Income ETF (NYSEARCA:AGQI) Short Interest Down 22.3% in December

First Trust Active Global Quality Income ETF (NYSEARCA:AGQI) was the target of a significant decline in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 310 shares, a decline of 22.3% from the December 15th total of 399 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 6,417 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.0 days. Approximately 0.0% of the company’s shares are sold short. Approximately 0.0% of the company’s shares are sold short. Based on an average daily volume of 6,417 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.0 days.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On First Trust Active Global Quality Income ETF

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of AGQI. Virtu Financial LLC acquired a new stake in First Trust Active Global Quality Income ETF in the third quarter worth $170,000. Flow Traders U.S. LLC bought a new stake in shares of First Trust Active Global Quality Income ETF in the 2nd quarter valued at $324,000. Jane Street Group LLC acquired a new stake in First Trust Active Global Quality Income ETF during the 1st quarter worth $380,000. UBS Group AG raised its stake in First Trust Active Global Quality Income ETF by 12.2% during the 3rd quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 35,685 shares of the company’s stock worth $571,000 after buying an additional 3,879 shares during the period. Finally, Centric Wealth Management lifted its holdings in First Trust Active Global Quality Income ETF by 5.7% during the second quarter. Centric Wealth Management now owns 36,923 shares of the company’s stock worth $577,000 after acquiring an additional 1,988 shares in the last quarter.

First Trust Active Global Quality Income ETF Trading Up 0.2%

NYSEARCA:AGQI opened at $17.18 on Tuesday. First Trust Active Global Quality Income ETF has a 1-year low of $12.44 and a 1-year high of $17.19. The firm has a market capitalization of $58.07 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.15 and a beta of 0.91. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $16.49 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $16.07.

First Trust Active Global Quality Income ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, December 31st. Investors of record on Friday, December 12th were given a $0.0772 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, December 12th. This represents a $0.31 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.8%. This is a positive change from First Trust Active Global Quality Income ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.05.

About First Trust Active Global Quality Income ETF

The First Trust Active Global Quality Income ETF -VIII- (AGQI) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in total market equity. The fund is an actively managed portfolio of globally listed dividend-paying equities selected using fundamental analysis. The fund seeks to provide income with the potential for long-term capital appreciation AGQI was launched on Sep 24, 2015 and is issued by First Trust.