First Trust Horizon Managed Volatility Domestic ETF (NYSEARCA:HUSV) Short Interest Update

First Trust Horizon Managed Volatility Domestic ETF (NYSEARCA:HUSV) was the target of a large growth in short interest during the month of April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totaling 14,038 shares, a growth of 13.8% from the March 31st total of 12,341 shares. Approximately 0.8% of the company’s stock are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 2,149 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 6.5 days.

Institutional Trading of First Trust Horizon Managed Volatility Domestic ETF

Several hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in HUSV. Arax Advisory Partners bought a new position in shares of First Trust Horizon Managed Volatility Domestic ETF during the fourth quarter valued at about $34,000. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC bought a new position in shares of First Trust Horizon Managed Volatility Domestic ETF during the fourth quarter valued at about $112,000. Orion Porfolio Solutions LLC bought a new position in shares of First Trust Horizon Managed Volatility Domestic ETF during the third quarter valued at about $200,000. Kingdom Financial Group LLC. bought a new position in shares of First Trust Horizon Managed Volatility Domestic ETF during the fourth quarter valued at about $220,000. Finally, Capital Investment Advisory Services LLC bought a new position in shares of First Trust Horizon Managed Volatility Domestic ETF during the fourth quarter valued at about $221,000.

First Trust Horizon Managed Volatility Domestic ETF Stock Down 0.2%

HUSV stock traded down $0.09 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $39.14. 3,080 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 14,523. The stock has a market cap of $72.41 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.59 and a beta of 0.60. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $39.17 and its 200 day moving average price is $39.08. First Trust Horizon Managed Volatility Domestic ETF has a fifty-two week low of $37.76 and a fifty-two week high of $40.76.

First Trust Horizon Managed Volatility Domestic ETF Company Profile

The First Trust Horizon Managed Volatility Domestic ETF (HUSV) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in large cap equity. The fund is an actively-managed fund that uses volatility forecasting to select and weight large-cap US stocks. HUSV was launched on Aug 24, 2016 and is managed by First Trust.