Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF (NASDAQ:JSMD) Sees Significant Growth in Short Interest

Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF (NASDAQ:JSMD) saw a significant growth in short interest in February. As of February 15th, there was short interest totalling 12,900 shares, a growth of 76.7% from the January 31st total of 7,300 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 32,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.4 days.

Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF Stock Up 1.2 %

NASDAQ:JSMD traded up $0.85 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $73.15. 19,585 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 38,371. The firm has a market cap of $435.24 million, a P/E ratio of 22.19 and a beta of 1.18. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $76.28 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $75.00. Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF has a 52 week low of $64.53 and a 52 week high of $83.23.

Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 27th. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 20th were issued a $0.4041 dividend. This is a positive change from Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.04. The ex-dividend date was Friday, December 20th. This represents a $1.62 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.21%.

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

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. FMR LLC boosted its stake in Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF by 18.7% in the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 946 shares of the company’s stock worth $69,000 after buying an additional 149 shares in the last quarter. Creative Financial Designs Inc. ADV increased its holdings in Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF by 10.4% during the 3rd quarter. Creative Financial Designs Inc. ADV now owns 1,608 shares of the company’s stock valued at $117,000 after purchasing an additional 151 shares during the period. Kingsview Wealth Management LLC lifted its stake in Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF by 1.8% in the fourth quarter. Kingsview Wealth Management LLC now owns 14,119 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,060,000 after acquiring an additional 254 shares during the period. Worth Financial Advisory Group LLC boosted its stake in shares of Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF by 0.5% during the 4th quarter. Worth Financial Advisory Group LLC now owns 57,353 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,306,000 after purchasing an additional 304 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC grew its holdings in shares of Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF by 0.8% during the 3rd quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 48,479 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,520,000 after acquiring an additional 362 shares during the period.

Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF Company Profile

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.