First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FDTS) Sees Significant Growth in Short Interest

First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FDTS) saw a significant growth in short interest during the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 86 shares, a growth of 186.7% from the June 15th total of 30 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 862 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.1 days. Approximately 0.0% of the company’s shares are sold short.

First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:FDTS traded up $0.84 during trading on Tuesday, hitting $65.85. The company had a trading volume of 186 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,684. The stock has a market cap of $13.17 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 has a one year low of $51.05 and a one year high of $72.63. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $68.24 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $66.52.

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

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 30th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 25th were given a dividend of $0.7453 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, June 25th. This represents a $2.98 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.5%. This is an increase from First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.16.

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

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

First Trust Developed Markets ex-US Small Cap AlphaDEX Fund Company Profile

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.