Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF (NASDAQ:QVAL) Stock Short Interest Rises 84.4%

Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF (NASDAQ:QVAL) saw a large increase in short interest in the month of October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totaling 22,223 shares, an increase of 84.4% from the September 30th total of 12,049 shares. Approximately 0.2% of the shares of the company are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 25,376 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.9 days.

Institutional Trading of Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF

A hedge fund recently bought a new stake in Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF stock. Stillwater Private Wealth LLC purchased a new position in Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF (NASDAQ:QVAL) during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm purchased 101,493 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,291,000. Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF comprises 4.5% of Stillwater Private Wealth LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 5th largest position. Stillwater Private Wealth LLC owned about 1.08% of Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF as of its most recent SEC filing.

Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF Stock Up 0.0%

Shares of QVAL stock traded up $0.03 during trading hours on Monday, reaching $64.57. 167,400 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 33,361. Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF has a fifty-two week low of $45.32 and a fifty-two week high of $65.02. The stock has a market capitalization of $674.76 million, a P/E ratio of 11.60 and a beta of 0.97. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $61.16 and a 200-day moving average price of $56.30.

Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF Increases Dividend

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

About Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF

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.