First Trust S&P International Dividend Aristocrats ETF (NASDAQ:FID) Stock Short Interest Report for October

First Trust S&P International Dividend Aristocrats ETF (NASDAQ:FID) was the target of a significant decrease in short interest during the month of October. As of October 30th, there was short interest totaling 3,730 shares, a decrease of 90.1% from the October 15th total of 37,634 shares. Currently, 0.0% of the shares of the company are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 28,205 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.1 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Western Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in First Trust S&P International Dividend Aristocrats ETF in the first quarter worth $30,000. Farther Finance Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of First Trust S&P International Dividend Aristocrats ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at $45,000. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC acquired a new position in shares of First Trust S&P International Dividend Aristocrats ETF in the 2nd quarter valued at $57,000. Root Financial Partners LLC acquired a new position in shares of First Trust S&P International Dividend Aristocrats ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at $85,000. Finally, IFP Advisors Inc lifted its holdings in shares of First Trust S&P International Dividend Aristocrats ETF by 35.9% during the 2nd quarter. IFP Advisors Inc now owns 4,266 shares of the company’s stock worth $92,000 after acquiring an additional 1,126 shares during the period.

First Trust S&P International Dividend Aristocrats ETF Trading Down 0.0%

FID stock traded down $0.01 during trading on Friday, reaching $22.35. 5,824 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 22,436. First Trust S&P International Dividend Aristocrats ETF has a twelve month low of $19.83 and a twelve month high of $24.47. The company has a market capitalization of $168.73 million, a P/E ratio of 14.33 and a beta of 0.59. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $22.54 and a 200-day simple moving average of $22.12.

First Trust S&P International Dividend Aristocrats ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, September 30th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, September 24th were issued a dividend of $0.1570 per share. This represents a $0.63 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.8%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, September 24th. This is a drop from First Trust S&P International Dividend Aristocrats ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.3850.

First Trust S&P International Dividend Aristocrats ETF Company Profile

The First Trust S&P International Dividend Aristocrats Fund (FID) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in high dividend yield equity. The fund tracks an index of up to 100 high-dividend-yielding stocks from developed and emerging markets, ex-US. Constituents are selected and weighted by dividends, with screens for payout ratio and long-term dividend growth. FID was launched on Aug 23, 2013 and is managed by First Trust.