Short Interest in Aptus Defined Risk ETF (BATS:DRSK) Drops By 71.6%

Aptus Defined Risk ETF (BATS:DRSK) was the target of a significant decrease in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 36,112 shares, a decrease of 71.6% from the April 15th total of 127,341 shares. Approximately 0.1% of the company’s shares are sold short. Based on an average daily volume of 111,965 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.3 days.

Aptus Defined Risk ETF Price Performance

BATS DRSK traded up $0.17 on Wednesday, reaching $29.34. The company had a trading volume of 14,303 shares, compared to its average volume of 145,683. The firm has a market cap of $1.29 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.47 and a beta of 0.37. Aptus Defined Risk ETF has a fifty-two week low of $27.10 and a fifty-two week high of $30.15. The business has a 50 day moving average of $28.07 and a two-hundred day moving average of $28.51.

Institutional Trading of Aptus Defined Risk ETF

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Parallel Advisors LLC boosted its position in Aptus Defined Risk ETF by 3.7% during the fourth quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 15,699 shares of the company’s stock valued at $447,000 after acquiring an additional 565 shares during the last quarter. Private Trust Co. NA boosted its position in Aptus Defined Risk ETF by 129.7% during the fourth quarter. Private Trust Co. NA now owns 3,733 shares of the company’s stock valued at $106,000 after acquiring an additional 2,108 shares during the last quarter. Pandora Wealth Inc. boosted its position in Aptus Defined Risk ETF by 1.0% during the fourth quarter. Pandora Wealth Inc. now owns 373,268 shares of the company’s stock valued at $10,627,000 after acquiring an additional 3,555 shares during the last quarter. Princeton Global Asset Management LLC bought a new stake in Aptus Defined Risk ETF during the fourth quarter valued at $118,000. Finally, Waterloo Capital L.P. boosted its position in Aptus Defined Risk ETF by 1.3% during the third quarter. Waterloo Capital L.P. now owns 705,979 shares of the company’s stock valued at $20,353,000 after acquiring an additional 9,265 shares during the last quarter.

Aptus Defined Risk ETF Company Profile

The Aptus Defined Risk ETF (DRSK) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in target outcome asset allocation. The fund is an actively-managed fund that combines US corporate bond exposure with an overlay of call options on US large-cap stocks. The fund seeks income and capital appreciation. DRSK was launched on Aug 8, 2018 and is managed by Aptus.