Short Interest in Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF (NASDAQ:QVAL) Decreases By 35.1%

Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF (NASDAQ:QVAL) saw a significant decrease in short interest in April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 56,052 shares, a decrease of 35.1% from the April 15th total of 86,327 shares. Approximately 0.6% of the company’s stock are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 27,932 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.0 days.

Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF Stock Up 0.9%

Shares of QVAL traded up $0.49 during mid-day trading on Monday, reaching $53.21. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 21,166 shares, compared to its average volume of 25,700. The business has a fifty day moving average of $52.88 and a 200 day moving average of $50.99. The company has a market cap of $501.77 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.60 and a beta of 0.98. Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF has a 1 year low of $42.35 and a 1 year high of $55.85.

Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 31st. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 30th were issued a $0.2101 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, March 30th.

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

A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Baker Boyer National Bank raised its holdings in shares of Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF by 3.7% during the third quarter. Baker Boyer National Bank now owns 25,070 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,170,000 after acquiring an additional 899 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. purchased a new stake in shares of Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF during the third quarter worth $97,000. Ethos Financial Group LLC raised its holdings in shares of Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF by 10.7% during the fourth quarter. Ethos Financial Group LLC now owns 291,178 shares of the company’s stock worth $14,208,000 after acquiring an additional 28,116 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sankala Group LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF during the fourth quarter worth $664,000.

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.