ALPS International Sector Dividend Dogs ETF (NYSEARCA:IDOG) Sees Large Increase in Short Interest

ALPS International Sector Dividend Dogs ETF (NYSEARCA:IDOG) was the target of a significant growth in short interest during the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 21,168 shares, a growth of 342.9% from the March 15th total of 4,779 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 30,936 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.7 days. Approximately 0.2% of the company’s stock are short sold.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Jones Financial Companies Lllp boosted its holdings in ALPS International Sector Dividend Dogs ETF by 21.2% during the third quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 46,158 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,639,000 after purchasing an additional 8,069 shares during the last quarter. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. lifted its stake in ALPS International Sector Dividend Dogs ETF by 6,131.8% in the fourth quarter. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. now owns 1,371 shares of the company’s stock valued at $53,000 after acquiring an additional 1,349 shares during the last quarter. Baird Financial Group Inc. lifted its stake in ALPS International Sector Dividend Dogs ETF by 5.6% in the second quarter. Baird Financial Group Inc. now owns 17,894 shares of the company’s stock valued at $607,000 after acquiring an additional 950 shares during the last quarter. Cahill Financial Advisors Inc. lifted its stake in ALPS International Sector Dividend Dogs ETF by 2.3% in the fourth quarter. Cahill Financial Advisors Inc. now owns 66,117 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,549,000 after acquiring an additional 1,488 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Ameriprise Financial Inc. lifted its stake in ALPS International Sector Dividend Dogs ETF by 24.5% in the second quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 95,999 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,256,000 after acquiring an additional 18,915 shares during the last quarter.

ALPS International Sector Dividend Dogs ETF Stock Performance

Shares of IDOG opened at $43.17 on Monday. ALPS International Sector Dividend Dogs ETF has a 12 month low of $29.71 and a 12 month high of $43.39. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $41.55 and a 200 day simple moving average of $39.06. The stock has a market capitalization of $527.97 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.22 and a beta of 0.60.

ALPS International Sector Dividend Dogs ETF Company Profile

The ALPS International Sector Dividend Dogs ETF (IDOG) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in large cap equity. The fund tracks an equal-weighted index that selects the five companies with the highest dividend yield in each of the 10 GICS sectors from international developed markets. IDOG was launched on Jun 27, 2013 and is managed by ALPS.