First Trust International Developed Capital Strength ETF (NASDAQ:FICS) Short Interest Update

First Trust International Developed Capital Strength ETF (NASDAQ:FICS) saw a large growth in short interest in the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 25,664 shares, a growth of 370.8% from the March 15th total of 5,451 shares. Currently, 0.5% of the company’s shares are short sold. Based on an average trading volume of 21,829 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.2 days.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On First Trust International Developed Capital Strength ETF

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Centennial Wealth Advisory LLC boosted its holdings in First Trust International Developed Capital Strength ETF by 54.8% during the 3rd quarter. Centennial Wealth Advisory LLC now owns 91,135 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,476,000 after acquiring an additional 32,256 shares during the period. Chris Bulman Inc raised its position in First Trust International Developed Capital Strength ETF by 12.0% during the 3rd quarter. Chris Bulman Inc now owns 162,406 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,195,000 after purchasing an additional 17,398 shares during the last quarter. Osaic Holdings Inc. raised its position in First Trust International Developed Capital Strength ETF by 90.0% during the 2nd quarter. Osaic Holdings Inc. now owns 187,280 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,370,000 after purchasing an additional 88,718 shares during the last quarter. Foundations Investment Advisors LLC bought a new position in First Trust International Developed Capital Strength ETF during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $491,000. Finally, MGO One Seven LLC raised its position in First Trust International Developed Capital Strength ETF by 179.5% during the 4th quarter. MGO One Seven LLC now owns 15,640 shares of the company’s stock valued at $627,000 after purchasing an additional 10,045 shares during the last quarter.

First Trust International Developed Capital Strength ETF Price Performance

Shares of FICS stock opened at $40.56 on Monday. The stock has a market capitalization of $223.08 million, a PE ratio of 19.87 and a beta of 0.76. First Trust International Developed Capital Strength ETF has a 1-year low of $35.78 and a 1-year high of $43.38. The business has a 50-day moving average of $40.39 and a 200 day moving average of $39.64.

First Trust International Developed Capital Strength ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 31st. Investors of record on Thursday, March 26th were issued a dividend of $0.1948 per share. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, March 26th. This represents a $0.78 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.9%. This is a boost from First Trust International Developed Capital Strength ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.03.

First Trust International Developed Capital Strength ETF Company Profile

The First Trust International Developed Cap Strength ETF (FICS) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in total market equity. The First Trust International Developed Capital Strength ETF (the Fund) seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield (before the Funds fees and expenses) of an index called The International Developed Capital Strength IndexSM (the Index). FICS was launched on Dec 15, 2020 and is managed by First Trust.