First Trust China AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FCA) Short Interest Update

First Trust China AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FCA) was the target of a significant decline in short interest in July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 2 shares, a decline of 99.5% from the July 15th total of 422 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 8,184 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.0 days. Approximately 0.0% of the company’s stock are short sold.

First Trust China AlphaDEX Fund Trading Down 0.9%

FCA traded down $0.24 during midday trading on Tuesday, reaching $27.60. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 2,326 shares, compared to its average volume of 54,853. The firm has a market capitalization of $33.12 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.26 and a beta of 0.43. First Trust China AlphaDEX Fund has a 1 year low of $25.81 and a 1 year high of $34.60. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $28.03 and its 200-day moving average is $30.91.

First Trust China AlphaDEX Fund Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 30th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 25th were given a $0.4019 dividend. This represents a $1.61 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.8%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, June 25th.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. First Trust Advisors LP increased its position in First Trust China AlphaDEX Fund by 52.2% during the 1st quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 2,038,422 shares of the company’s stock valued at $63,884,000 after buying an additional 699,253 shares in the last quarter. Jane Street Group LLC purchased a new stake in shares of First Trust China AlphaDEX Fund in the first quarter worth $3,046,000. &PARTNERS purchased a new stake in shares of First Trust China AlphaDEX Fund in the fourth quarter worth $2,970,000. Citadel Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of First Trust China AlphaDEX Fund during the third quarter valued at $1,314,000. Finally, StoneX Group Inc. increased its holdings in shares of First Trust China AlphaDEX Fund by 495.8% during the fourth quarter. StoneX Group Inc. now owns 50,473 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,427,000 after acquiring an additional 42,001 shares in the last quarter.

First Trust China AlphaDEX Fund Company Profile

The First Trust China AlphaDEX Fund (FCA) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the NASDAQ AlphaDEX China index. The fund tracks the Defined China Index. The alpha-seeking index employs a quantitative methodology to select stocks based on both value and growth factors. FCA was launched on Apr 18, 2011 and is managed by First Trust.