Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF (NASDAQ:QVAL) Sees Significant Growth in Short Interest

Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF (NASDAQ:QVAL) was the target of a large increase in short interest in October. As of October 30th, there was short interest totaling 51,901 shares, an increase of 133.5% from the October 15th total of 22,223 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 146,446 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.4 days. Approximately 0.5% of the company’s stock are sold short.

Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF Price Performance

QVAL opened at $64.24 on Friday. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $61.55 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $56.93. The company has a market capitalization of $727.84 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.46 and a beta of 0.96. Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF has a 1 year low of $45.57 and a 1 year high of $65.55.

Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, September 30th. Shareholders of record on Monday, September 28th were given a $0.2415 dividend. This represents a $0.97 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, September 28th. This is a positive change from Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.1856.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF

An institutional investor recently bought a new stake in Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF stock. Stillwater Private Wealth LLC bought a new position in shares of Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF (NASDAQ:QVAL) during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm bought 101,493 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,291,000. Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF makes up about 4.5% of Stillwater Private Wealth LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 5th biggest holding. Stillwater Private Wealth LLC owned 1.08% of Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF Company Profile

The Alpha Architect US Quantitative Value ETF (QVAL) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in total market equity. The fund is an active, equal-weighted portfolio of US value stocks, screened for forensic accounting and earnings quality. QVAL was launched on Oct 22, 2014 and is issued by Alpha Architect.