First Trust S&P International Dividend Aristocrats ETF (NASDAQ:FID) Short Interest Up 42.8% in September

First Trust S&P International Dividend Aristocrats ETF (NASDAQ:FID) was the recipient of a significant increase in short interest in September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totalling 26,700 shares, an increase of 42.8% from the August 31st total of 18,700 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 10,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.5 days.

First Trust S&P International Dividend Aristocrats ETF Stock Performance

FID traded down $0.06 during trading on Friday, hitting $17.68. The stock had a trading volume of 14,000 shares, compared to its average volume of 16,774. The company has a market capitalization of $83.11 million, a PE ratio of 10.95 and a beta of 0.80. First Trust S&P International Dividend Aristocrats ETF has a twelve month low of $14.02 and a twelve month high of $17.78. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $16.78 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $16.26.

First Trust S&P International Dividend Aristocrats ETF Cuts Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, September 30th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, September 26th will be paid a dividend of $0.1161 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 26th. This represents a $0.46 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.63%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On First Trust S&P International Dividend Aristocrats ETF

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. International Assets Investment Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of First Trust S&P International Dividend Aristocrats ETF during the second quarter worth $29,000. Bright Futures Wealth Management LLC. purchased a new position in shares of First Trust S&P International Dividend Aristocrats ETF during the first quarter worth $231,000. Coppell Advisory Solutions Corp. purchased a new position in shares of First Trust S&P International Dividend Aristocrats ETF during the first quarter worth $237,000. Gateway Wealth Partners LLC raised its holdings in shares of First Trust S&P International Dividend Aristocrats ETF by 21.3% during the second quarter. Gateway Wealth Partners LLC now owns 15,393 shares of the company’s stock worth $242,000 after purchasing an additional 2,706 shares during the last quarter. Finally, BlueChip Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of First Trust S&P International Dividend Aristocrats ETF during the first quarter worth $413,000.

About First Trust S&P International Dividend Aristocrats ETF

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.