WisdomTree Japan Hedged SmallCap Equity Fund (NASDAQ:DXJS) Short Interest Down 65.3% in March

WisdomTree Japan Hedged SmallCap Equity Fund (NASDAQ:DXJS) saw a large decrease in short interest during the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totalling 41,100 shares, a decrease of 65.3% from the February 29th total of 118,600 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 21,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.9 days.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On WisdomTree Japan Hedged SmallCap Equity Fund

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of DXJS. Flow Traders U.S. LLC raised its holdings in shares of WisdomTree Japan Hedged SmallCap Equity Fund by 70.8% in the 1st quarter. Flow Traders U.S. LLC now owns 15,314 shares of the company’s stock valued at $643,000 after purchasing an additional 6,348 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE raised its holdings in WisdomTree Japan Hedged SmallCap Equity Fund by 5.3% in the 1st quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 20,773 shares of the company’s stock valued at $873,000 after acquiring an additional 1,039 shares during the period. Jane Street Group LLC raised its holdings in WisdomTree Japan Hedged SmallCap Equity Fund by 102.7% in the 2nd quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 134,925 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,736,000 after acquiring an additional 68,374 shares during the period. Almanack Investment Partners LLC. bought a new position in WisdomTree Japan Hedged SmallCap Equity Fund in the 3rd quarter valued at about $40,000. Finally, Susquehanna International Group LLP bought a new position in WisdomTree Japan Hedged SmallCap Equity Fund in the 4th quarter valued at about $213,000.

WisdomTree Japan Hedged SmallCap Equity Fund Trading Down 0.9 %

Shares of WisdomTree Japan Hedged SmallCap Equity Fund stock traded down $0.31 during trading hours on Thursday, reaching $33.49. 20,085 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 21,410. The company has a 50 day moving average of $32.20 and a two-hundred day moving average of $30.27. WisdomTree Japan Hedged SmallCap Equity Fund has a fifty-two week low of $23.50 and a fifty-two week high of $33.96. The stock has a market cap of $60.28 million, a P/E ratio of 9.73 and a beta of 0.49.

WisdomTree Japan Hedged SmallCap Equity Fund Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 27th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 25th were issued a $0.25 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, March 22nd.

WisdomTree Japan Hedged SmallCap Equity Fund Company Profile

The WisdomTree Japan Hedged SmallCap Equity Fund (DXJS) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in small-cap stocks. The fund tracks a dividend-weighted index of Japanese small-cap stocks. The fund is hedged for currency fluctuations between the USD and JPY. DXJS was launched on Jun 28, 2013 and is managed by WisdomTree.