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

First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FDTS) was the target of a significant increase in short interest in the month of August. As of August 14th, there was short interest totaling 1,280 shares, an increase of ∞ from the July 30th total of 0 shares. Approximately 0.6% of the shares of the stock are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 944 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.4 days.

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

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in FDTS. City Holding Co. bought a new stake in First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund during the second quarter worth approximately $583,000. Noble Wealth Management PBC acquired a new stake in shares of First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund during the 2nd quarter valued at $131,000. Crusonia Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund during the 4th quarter worth $2,522,000. Osaic Holdings Inc. grew its holdings in shares of First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund by 3,365.8% in the 4th quarter. Osaic Holdings Inc. now owns 2,738 shares of the company’s stock worth $160,000 after acquiring an additional 2,659 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Citadel Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund by 32.5% in the 3rd quarter. Citadel Advisors LLC now owns 17,298 shares of the company’s stock worth $969,000 after acquiring an additional 4,238 shares during the last quarter.

First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund Trading Up 0.5%

NASDAQ:FDTS traded up $0.32 during mid-day trading on Monday, reaching $71.11. 528 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,317. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $66.79 and a 200 day moving average price of $67.83. The firm has a market capitalization of $14.22 million, a PE ratio of 8.58 and a beta of 0.83. First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund has a 1-year low of $54.10 and a 1-year high of $72.63.

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

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 30th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 25th were given a dividend of $0.7453 per share. This is a positive change 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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.2%.

About First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund

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.