Franklin Focused Growth ETF (BATS:FFOG) Stock Short Interest Report for September

Franklin Focused Growth ETF (BATS:FFOG) saw a large increase in short interest during the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totaling 14,437 shares, an increase of 67.3% from the September 15th total of 8,631 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 35,119 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.4 days. Currently, 0.4% of the company’s stock are short sold.

Institutional Trading of Franklin Focused Growth ETF

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Citadel Advisors LLC grew its stake in Franklin Focused Growth ETF by 119.7% in the second quarter. Citadel Advisors LLC now owns 26,923 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,387,000 after purchasing an additional 14,668 shares in the last quarter. Independent Financial Group LLC acquired a new position in shares of Franklin Focused Growth ETF during the 1st quarter worth approximately $628,000. Cetera Investment Advisers increased its position in shares of Franklin Focused Growth ETF by 14.6% during the 1st quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 315,497 shares of the company’s stock worth $12,961,000 after purchasing an additional 40,185 shares during the last quarter. Western Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Franklin Focused Growth ETF during the 1st quarter worth approximately $249,000. Finally, Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Franklin Focused Growth ETF during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $87,000.

Franklin Focused Growth ETF Price Performance

Shares of BATS FFOG opened at $50.08 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $170.27 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 47.17 and a beta of 1.43. The business has a 50-day moving average of $50.62 and a 200-day moving average of $49.26. Franklin Focused Growth ETF has a fifty-two week low of $38.89 and a fifty-two week high of $53.78.

About Franklin Focused Growth ETF

The Franklin Focused Growth ETF FOCUSED GROWTH ETF (FFOG) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in total market equity. The fund actively invests in equities perceived to have strong fundamentals and prospects for growth. The fund does not limit investments to any particular market-cap, industry or geography. FFOG was launched on Apr 13, 2016 and is issued by Franklin Templeton.