Affinity World Leaders Equity ETF (BATS:WLDR) Short Interest Update

Affinity World Leaders Equity ETF (BATS:WLDR) was the recipient of a significant increase in short interest in the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 839,283 shares, an increase of 3,659.9% from the August 31st total of 22,322 shares. Approximately 67.1% of the shares of the stock are short sold. Based on an average trading volume of 104,115 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 8.1 days.

Affinity World Leaders Equity ETF Stock Down 0.7%

BATS WLDR traded down $0.33 during trading on Thursday, hitting $47.41. 14,704 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 19,955. The company has a market capitalization of $59.26 million, a P/E ratio of 16.51 and a beta of 0.95. Affinity World Leaders Equity ETF has a 12-month low of $34.65 and a 12-month high of $49.14. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $47.03 and a 200-day simple moving average of $43.83.

Affinity World Leaders Equity ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, September 25th. Investors of record on Friday, September 18th will be issued a dividend of $0.0899 per share. This represents a $0.36 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.8%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, September 18th. This is a negative change from Affinity World Leaders Equity ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.1926.

Institutional Trading of Affinity World Leaders Equity ETF

An institutional investor recently raised its position in Affinity World Leaders Equity ETF stock. Cetera Investment Advisers raised its stake in Affinity World Leaders Equity ETF (BATS:WLDR) by 27.1% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 10,790 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 2,300 shares during the period. Cetera Investment Advisers owned about 0.86% of Affinity World Leaders Equity ETF worth $401,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

About Affinity World Leaders Equity ETF

The Affinity World Leaders Equity ETF (WLDR) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in total market equity. The fund tracks an index of multi-factor-selected securities from the developed markets, weighted in accordance with a proprietary risk model. WLDR was launched on Jan 17, 2018 and is managed by Affinity.