First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF (NASDAQ:IFV) Short Interest Update

First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF (NASDAQ:IFV) saw a large increase in short interest during the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 5,600 shares, an increase of 1,300.0% from the January 15th total of 400 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 74,100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.1 days.

First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF Trading Up 0.4 %

IFV traded up $0.08 during midday trading on Wednesday, reaching $19.76. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 20,806 shares, compared to its average volume of 119,431. First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF has a twelve month low of $18.48 and a twelve month high of $21.38. The stock has a market cap of $130.42 million, a P/E ratio of 8.65 and a beta of 0.95. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $19.35 and a 200 day simple moving average of $19.88.

First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 31st. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 13th were issued a dividend of $0.1872 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, December 13th.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF

A number of institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. PFG Investments LLC lifted its holdings in First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF by 3.4% during the 3rd quarter. PFG Investments LLC now owns 28,551 shares of the company’s stock valued at $601,000 after purchasing an additional 932 shares during the last quarter. Pine Valley Investments Ltd Liability Co boosted its holdings in shares of First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF by 3.3% in the 3rd quarter. Pine Valley Investments Ltd Liability Co now owns 36,622 shares of the company’s stock worth $771,000 after acquiring an additional 1,162 shares in the last quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC boosted its holdings in shares of First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF by 2.3% in the 4th quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC now owns 76,783 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,472,000 after acquiring an additional 1,750 shares in the last quarter. Arkadios Wealth Advisors grew its position in First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF by 7.6% during the 4th quarter. Arkadios Wealth Advisors now owns 33,228 shares of the company’s stock worth $637,000 after acquiring an additional 2,333 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC increased its holdings in First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF by 26.7% during the 4th quarter. Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC now owns 14,725 shares of the company’s stock valued at $282,000 after purchasing an additional 3,105 shares in the last quarter.

First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF Company Profile

The First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF (IFV) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in total market equity. The fund is an ETF-of-ETFs that tracks a momentum-driven, country\u002Fregion rotation index of international equities. The index is equal-weighted. IFV was launched on Jul 22, 2014 and is managed by First Trust.