First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FDTS) Short Interest Update

First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FDTS) was the target of a significant increase in short interest in the month of August. As of August 14th, there was short interest totaling 1,280 shares, an increase of ? from the July 30th total of 0 shares. Currently, 0.6% of the shares of the company are sold short. Based on an average trading volume of 944 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.4 days.

Institutional Trading of First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund

A number of large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Noble Wealth Management PBC purchased a new position in shares of First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund during the 2nd quarter valued at $131,000. Osaic Holdings Inc. increased its holdings in First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund by 3,365.8% in the 4th quarter. Osaic Holdings Inc. now owns 2,738 shares of the company’s stock worth $160,000 after acquiring an additional 2,659 shares during the last quarter. City Holding Co. bought a new stake in First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund in the 2nd quarter valued at about $583,000. Citadel Advisors LLC raised its stake in First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund by 32.5% in the 3rd quarter. Citadel Advisors LLC now owns 17,298 shares of the company’s stock valued at $969,000 after acquiring an additional 4,238 shares during the period. Finally, Crusonia Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new stake in First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund in the 4th quarter valued at about $2,522,000.

First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund Stock Down 0.3%

FDTS opened at $70.79 on Friday. First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund has a twelve month low of $54.10 and a twelve month high of $72.63. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $66.79 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $67.83. The stock has a market cap of $14.16 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.58 and a beta of 0.83.

First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 30th. Investors of record on Thursday, June 25th were paid a $0.7453 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, June 25th. This is a positive change from First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.16. This represents a $2.98 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.2%.

About First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund

The First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund (FDTS) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the NASDAQ AlphaDEX DM Ex-US Small Cap index. The fund tracks a tiered equal-weighted index of 400 small-cap companies selected from the S&P Developed Markets ex-US BMI based on S&P’s AlphaDex selection methodology. FDTS was launched on Feb 15, 2012 and is managed by First Trust.