WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund (NASDAQ:DGRS) Sees Significant Growth in Short Interest

WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund (NASDAQ:DGRS) saw a large increase in short interest in the month of August. As of August 14th, there was short interest totaling 14,303 shares, an increase of 84.5% from the July 30th total of 7,751 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 37,066 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.4 days. Currently, 0.2% of the company’s shares are short sold.

WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund Trading Down 0.3%

Shares of DGRS traded down $0.19 on Friday, reaching $59.70. 8,044 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 30,948. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $59.80 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $56.90. WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund has a 12 month low of $46.21 and a 12 month high of $61.89. The stock has a market capitalization of $403.57 million, a P/E ratio of 12.34 and a beta of 0.98.

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

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in DGRS. Compass Financial Management LLC bought a new position in shares of WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund during the 2nd quarter valued at about $479,000. Harbor Investment Advisory LLC raised its holdings in WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund by 43.1% during the 2nd quarter. Harbor Investment Advisory LLC now owns 20,300 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,205,000 after buying an additional 6,115 shares during the period. LVM Capital Management Ltd. MI lifted its stake in WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund by 3.0% in the second quarter. LVM Capital Management Ltd. MI now owns 148,480 shares of the company’s stock valued at $8,813,000 after buying an additional 4,386 shares in the last quarter. Arkadios Wealth Advisors lifted its stake in WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund by 17.7% in the first quarter. Arkadios Wealth Advisors now owns 8,233 shares of the company’s stock valued at $436,000 after buying an additional 1,237 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Captrust Financial Advisors boosted its holdings in shares of WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund by 1.3% in the second quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 51,048 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,376,000 after buying an additional 665 shares during the period.

About WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund

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.