Short Interest in Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF (NASDAQ:JSMD) Increases By 30.4%

Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF (NASDAQ:JSMD) saw a large growth in short interest during the month of October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totalling 12,000 shares, a growth of 30.4% from the October 15th total of 9,200 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 11,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.0 days.

Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF Stock Down 1.9 %

JSMD stock opened at $76.80 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $409.34 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.84 and a beta of 1.17. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $73.14 and a 200-day simple moving average of $69.85. Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF has a 52 week low of $58.56 and a 52 week high of $81.37.

Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, October 4th. Investors of record on Monday, September 30th were given a dividend of $0.041 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, September 30th. This represents a $0.16 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.21%.

Institutional Trading of Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF

A number of institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. LPL Financial LLC boosted its position in Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF by 7.2% during the 2nd quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 470,221 shares of the company’s stock worth $31,279,000 after purchasing an additional 31,379 shares during the period. Leelyn Smith LLC boosted its position in Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF by 2.2% in the 3rd quarter. Leelyn Smith LLC now owns 374,282 shares of the company’s stock valued at $27,175,000 after buying an additional 7,958 shares during the last quarter. Resonant Capital Advisors LLC boosted its position in Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF by 3.9% in the 3rd quarter. Resonant Capital Advisors LLC now owns 219,323 shares of the company’s stock valued at $15,929,000 after buying an additional 8,139 shares during the last quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC boosted its position in Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF by 6.2% in the 2nd quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC now owns 93,662 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,230,000 after buying an additional 5,506 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Private Advisor Group LLC boosted its position in Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF by 0.7% in the 2nd quarter. Private Advisor Group LLC now owns 62,392 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,150,000 after buying an additional 419 shares during the last quarter.

About Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF

The Janus Henderson Small\u002FMid Cap Growth Alpha ETF (JSMD) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the Janus Small Mid Cap Growth Alpha index. The fund tracks an index of US small- and mid-cap stocks with strong fundamental measures of growth, profitability and capital efficiency. Weighting relies on the actively-managed Janus Triton Fund.