WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund (NASDAQ:DGRS) Short Interest Up 31.9% in March

Posted by Tammy Falkenburg on Apr 20th, 2025

WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund (NASDAQ:DGRS – Get Free Report) was the target of a large growth in short interest in the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totalling 31,000 shares, a growth of 31.9% from the March 15th total of 23,500 shares. Currently, 0.4% of the shares of the stock are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 57,800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.5 days.

WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund Stock Up 0.3 %

Shares of WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund stock traded up $0.11 during trading on Friday, reaching $42.49. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 23,238 shares, compared to its average volume of 40,403. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $46.78 and a 200-day moving average price of $50.50. The company has a market capitalization of $349.27 million, a P/E ratio of 12.28 and a beta of 1.12. WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund has a 12-month low of $40.14 and a 12-month high of $57.15.

WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 28th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, March 26th were paid a dividend of $0.205 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, March 26th. This is a boost from WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund’s previous monthly dividend of $0.04. This represents a $2.46 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.79%.

Institutional Trading of WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. NBC Securities Inc. purchased a new position in WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund in the first quarter valued at about $70,000. LVM Capital Management Ltd. MI boosted its stake in shares of WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund by 0.9% during the 1st quarter. LVM Capital Management Ltd. MI now owns 136,317 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,339,000 after acquiring an additional 1,282 shares in the last quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. grew its holdings in shares of WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund by 5.9% in the 4th quarter. Sunbelt Securities Inc. now owns 6,275 shares of the company’s stock worth $320,000 after acquiring an additional 350 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its stake in WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund by 13.8% in the 4th quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 13,329 shares of the company’s stock valued at $683,000 after purchasing an additional 1,617 shares in the last quarter. Finally, SBI Securities Co. Ltd. acquired a new position in WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund during the fourth quarter worth $108,000.

WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund Company Profile

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The WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund (DGRS) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in small-cap stocks. The fund tracks a dividend-weighted index of US small-cap stocks with growth characteristics. DGRS was launched on Jul 25, 2013 and is managed by WisdomTree.