First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FDTS) Short Interest Update

First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FDTS) saw a large growth in short interest in February. As of February 13th, there was short interest totaling 9,676 shares, a growth of 1,722.2% from the January 29th total of 531 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 6,462 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.5 days. Approximately 6.5% of the company’s stock are short sold. Approximately 6.5% of the company’s stock are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 6,462 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.5 days.

First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ FDTS opened at $71.97 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $10.80 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.58 and a beta of 0.86. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $63.61 and a 200 day simple moving average of $58.49. First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund has a 52 week low of $37.10 and a 52 week high of $72.53.

First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, December 31st. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 12th were paid a dividend of $0.6346 per share. This is a positive change from First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.34. The ex-dividend date was Friday, December 12th. This represents a $2.54 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.5%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund

A number of large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Citadel Advisors LLC increased its position in First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund by 32.5% during the third quarter. Citadel Advisors LLC now owns 17,298 shares of the company’s stock worth $969,000 after buying an additional 4,238 shares during the last quarter. Osaic Holdings Inc. boosted its stake in shares of First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund by 3,365.8% during the 4th quarter. Osaic Holdings Inc. now owns 2,738 shares of the company’s stock worth $160,000 after acquiring an additional 2,659 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Crusonia Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund during the 4th quarter valued at about $2,522,000.

About First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund

The First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund (FDTS) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the NASDAQ AlphaDEX DM Ex-US Small Cap index. The fund tracks a tiered equal-weighted index of 400 small-cap companies selected from the S&P Developed Markets ex-US BMI based on S&P’s AlphaDex selection methodology. FDTS was launched on Feb 15, 2012 and is managed by First Trust.