PGIM Laddered Nasdaq-100 Buffer 12 ETF (NASDAQ:PBQQ) Short Interest Up 129.7% in January

PGIM Laddered Nasdaq-100 Buffer 12 ETF (NASDAQ:PBQQ) saw a large growth in short interest in January. As of January 30th, there was short interest totaling 15,944 shares, a growth of 129.7% from the January 15th total of 6,941 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 12,592 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.3 days. Currently, 1.4% of the shares of the stock are sold short. Currently, 1.4% of the shares of the stock are sold short. Based on an average daily volume of 12,592 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.3 days.

PGIM Laddered Nasdaq-100 Buffer 12 ETF Trading Up 0.3%

Shares of PGIM Laddered Nasdaq-100 Buffer 12 ETF stock traded up $0.10 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $28.73. 673 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 15,333. PGIM Laddered Nasdaq-100 Buffer 12 ETF has a fifty-two week low of $22.43 and a fifty-two week high of $29.28. The company has a market cap of $32.75 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.37 and a beta of 0.54. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $28.87 and a 200 day simple moving average of $28.26.

PGIM Laddered Nasdaq-100 Buffer 12 ETF Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared an annual dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 2nd. Investors of record on Tuesday, December 30th were issued a $0.0042 dividend. This represents a dividend yield of 1.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 30th.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On PGIM Laddered Nasdaq-100 Buffer 12 ETF

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in PBQQ. DHJJ Financial Advisors Ltd. grew its holdings in PGIM Laddered Nasdaq-100 Buffer 12 ETF by 98.3% during the 3rd quarter. DHJJ Financial Advisors Ltd. now owns 1,787 shares of the company’s stock worth $50,000 after acquiring an additional 886 shares during the period. AssuredPartners Investment Advisors LLC acquired a new position in PGIM Laddered Nasdaq-100 Buffer 12 ETF in the third quarter valued at about $244,000. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC boosted its holdings in PGIM Laddered Nasdaq-100 Buffer 12 ETF by 10.5% during the fourth quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC now owns 27,009 shares of the company’s stock worth $779,000 after buying an additional 2,571 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Foguth Wealth Management LLC. acquired a new position in shares of PGIM Laddered Nasdaq-100 Buffer 12 ETF during the 4th quarter worth about $12,360,000.

PGIM Laddered Nasdaq-100 Buffer 12 ETF Company Profile

The PGIM Laddered Nasdaq-100 Buffer 12 ETF (PBQQ) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in large cap equity. The fund is an actively managed fund-of-funds that holds a laddered portfolio of four PGIM Nasdaq-100 Buffer 12 ETFs. PBQQ was launched on Dec 27, 2024 and is issued by PGIM.