First Trust Industrials/Producer Durables AlphaDEX Fund (NYSEARCA:FXR) Short Interest Update

First Trust Industrials/Producer Durables AlphaDEX Fund (NYSEARCA:FXR) was the recipient of a significant decline in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 3,829 shares, a decline of 69.4% from the April 15th total of 12,527 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 34,593 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.1 days. Currently, 0.0% of the company’s shares are sold short.

First Trust Industrials/Producer Durables AlphaDEX Fund Trading Down 1.0%

NYSEARCA:FXR opened at $86.05 on Wednesday. First Trust Industrials/Producer Durables AlphaDEX Fund has a 1 year low of $70.22 and a 1 year high of $92.78. The stock has a market cap of $688.40 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.44 and a beta of 1.10. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $84.94 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $83.43.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in FXR. Earned Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of First Trust Industrials/Producer Durables AlphaDEX Fund during the fourth quarter worth about $21,828,000. Virtue Capital Management LLC boosted its position in shares of First Trust Industrials/Producer Durables AlphaDEX Fund by 167.8% during the fourth quarter. Virtue Capital Management LLC now owns 90,812 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,392,000 after buying an additional 56,905 shares during the period. BNP Paribas Financial Markets acquired a new position in shares of First Trust Industrials/Producer Durables AlphaDEX Fund during the third quarter worth about $3,903,000. Arkadios Wealth Advisors boosted its position in shares of First Trust Industrials/Producer Durables AlphaDEX Fund by 705.6% during the fourth quarter. Arkadios Wealth Advisors now owns 50,075 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,999,000 after buying an additional 43,859 shares during the period. Finally, Jane Street Group LLC acquired a new position in shares of First Trust Industrials/Producer Durables AlphaDEX Fund during the fourth quarter worth about $1,953,000.

About First Trust Industrials/Producer Durables AlphaDEX Fund

First Trust Industrials/Producer Durables AlphaDEX Fund (the Fund) is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield of an equity index called the StrataQuant Industrials Index (the Index). The Index is an enhanced index created and administered by the AMEX, which employs the AlphaDEX stock selection methodology to select stocks from the Russell 1000 Index. The AMEX constructs the Index by ranking the stocks, which are members of the Russell 1000 Index on growth factors, including 3, 6 and 12-month price appreciation, sales to price and one year-sales growth, and separately on value factors, including book value to price, cash flow to price and return on assets.