Short Interest in Aptus Collared Investment Opportunity ETF (BATS:ACIO) Expands By 295.3%

Aptus Collared Investment Opportunity ETF (BATS:ACIO) saw a significant growth in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 172,697 shares, a growth of 295.3% from the May 31st total of 43,690 shares. Approximately 0.4% of the company’s stock are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 144,396 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.2 days.

Aptus Collared Investment Opportunity ETF Stock Performance

BATS ACIO opened at $45.64 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $2.15 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.77 and a beta of 0.65. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $45.96 and its 200-day simple moving average is $44.32. Aptus Collared Investment Opportunity ETF has a 52 week low of $41.06 and a 52 week high of $47.14.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Aptus Collared Investment Opportunity ETF

A number of institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in ACIO. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its position in Aptus Collared Investment Opportunity ETF by 110.4% in the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 3,457 shares of the company’s stock valued at $150,000 after buying an additional 1,814 shares during the last quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of Aptus Collared Investment Opportunity ETF by 670.2% during the third quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 6,416 shares of the company’s stock worth $279,000 after acquiring an additional 5,583 shares during the last quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC lifted its stake in shares of Aptus Collared Investment Opportunity ETF by 9.9% in the third quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC now owns 7,335,218 shares of the company’s stock worth $318,568,000 after acquiring an additional 660,265 shares in the last quarter. Park Place Capital Corp lifted its stake in shares of Aptus Collared Investment Opportunity ETF by 6.3% in the fourth quarter. Park Place Capital Corp now owns 1,082,349 shares of the company’s stock worth $47,299,000 after acquiring an additional 64,136 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Princeton Global Asset Management LLC purchased a new position in Aptus Collared Investment Opportunity ETF in the fourth quarter valued at about $188,000.

About Aptus Collared Investment Opportunity ETF

The Aptus Collared Income Opportunity ETF (ACIO) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the NYSE Multi-Asset High Income index. The fund is an actively-managed portfolio of US large cap equities as well as corresponding options collars for those constituents. ACIO was launched on Jul 10, 2019 and is managed by Aptus.