First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FDTS) Short Interest Up 334.9% in July

First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FDTS) saw a large growth in short interest in July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 374 shares, a growth of 334.9% from the June 30th total of 86 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 572 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.7 days. Approximately 0.2% of the shares of the company are short sold.

First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund Stock Down 0.2%

Shares of FDTS stock opened at $64.58 on Tuesday. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $66.95 and a 200-day moving average price of $66.96. First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund has a 52 week low of $51.05 and a 52 week high of $72.63. The firm has a market capitalization of $12.92 million, a PE ratio of 8.58 and a beta of 0.83.

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

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 30th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 25th were paid a $0.7453 dividend. This is an increase from First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.16. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, June 25th. This represents a $2.98 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.6%.

Institutional Trading of First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund

Hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the company. City Holding Co. bought a new stake in shares of First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund during the 2nd quarter valued at about $583,000. Noble Wealth Management PBC bought a new position in First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $131,000. Crusonia Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $2,522,000. Osaic Holdings Inc. grew its holdings in 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 valued at $160,000 after buying an additional 2,659 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Citadel Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of 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 valued at $969,000 after buying an additional 4,238 shares during the last quarter.

First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund Company Profile

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.