First Trust International Equity Opportunities ETF (NASDAQ:FPXI) Short Interest Update

First Trust International Equity Opportunities ETF (NASDAQ:FPXI) saw a large decline in short interest in the month of February. As of February 13th, there was short interest totaling 4,985 shares, a decline of 88.9% from the January 29th total of 44,933 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 21,422 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.2 days. Approximately 0.2% of the shares of the company are sold short. Approximately 0.2% of the shares of the company are sold short. Based on an average trading volume of 21,422 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.2 days.

First Trust International Equity Opportunities ETF Trading Up 2.2%

FPXI opened at $69.82 on Thursday. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $63.71 and its 200 day simple moving average is $60.84. First Trust International Equity Opportunities ETF has a 1-year low of $41.17 and a 1-year high of $70.00. The stock has a market cap of $171.06 million, a PE ratio of 26.06 and a beta of 0.90.

First Trust International Equity Opportunities ETF Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, December 31st. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 12th were paid a dividend of $0.0686 per share. This represents a $0.27 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.4%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, December 12th.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Arkadios Wealth Advisors lifted its position in First Trust International Equity Opportunities ETF by 0.9% during the fourth quarter. Arkadios Wealth Advisors now owns 27,228 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,610,000 after acquiring an additional 230 shares during the last quarter. Accel Wealth Management increased its stake in shares of First Trust International Equity Opportunities ETF by 6.1% during the third quarter. Accel Wealth Management now owns 4,878 shares of the company’s stock worth $292,000 after purchasing an additional 279 shares during the period. Creative Planning increased its stake in shares of First Trust International Equity Opportunities ETF by 8.4% during the second quarter. Creative Planning now owns 4,813 shares of the company’s stock worth $272,000 after purchasing an additional 375 shares during the period. Royal Bank of Canada lifted its holdings in First Trust International Equity Opportunities ETF by 2.9% during the 1st quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 17,311 shares of the company’s stock worth $816,000 after purchasing an additional 494 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Private Trust Co. NA boosted its stake in First Trust International Equity Opportunities ETF by 107.6% in the 3rd quarter. Private Trust Co. NA now owns 1,262 shares of the company’s stock valued at $76,000 after purchasing an additional 654 shares during the period.

About First Trust International Equity Opportunities ETF

The First Trust International Equity Opportunities ETF (FPXI) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the IPOX International index, a market-cap-weighted index of the 50 largest developed markets ex-US IPOs over the first 1,000 trading days for each stock. FPXI was launched on Nov 5, 2014 and is managed by First Trust.