First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF (NASDAQ:IFV) Short Interest Up 113.3% in April

First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF (NASDAQ:IFV) saw a large increase in short interest in the month of April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totalling 6,400 shares, an increase of 113.3% from the March 31st total of 3,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 26,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.2 days.

Institutional Trading of First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Element Wealth LLC purchased a new stake in First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $31,000. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. grew its stake in First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF by 28.3% in the 3rd quarter. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. now owns 63,031 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,118,000 after acquiring an additional 13,889 shares during the period. Arkadios Wealth Advisors grew its stake in shares of First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF by 1.2% during the 4th quarter. Arkadios Wealth Advisors now owns 53,862 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,052,000 after buying an additional 628 shares during the period. Genesee Capital Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF by 4.2% during the 4th quarter. Genesee Capital Advisors LLC now owns 147,481 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,882,000 after buying an additional 5,967 shares during the last quarter. Finally, PFG Investments LLC increased its holdings in shares of First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF by 228.7% during the 4th quarter. PFG Investments LLC now owns 92,873 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,815,000 after buying an additional 64,621 shares during the last quarter.

First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF Stock Up 0.1 %

Shares of First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF stock traded up $0.01 during trading on Friday, hitting $19.39. 13,404 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 29,224. First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF has a fifty-two week low of $16.99 and a fifty-two week high of $20.30. The stock has a market capitalization of $189.05 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.43 and a beta of 0.95. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $19.70 and a 200 day moving average price of $19.00.

First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 28th. Investors of record on Friday, March 22nd were given a dividend of $0.0733 per share. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, March 21st. This represents a $0.29 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.51%.

About First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF

The First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF (IFV) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in total market equity. The fund is an ETF-of-ETFs that tracks a momentum-driven, country\u002Fregion rotation index of international equities. The index is equal-weighted. IFV was launched on Jul 22, 2014 and is managed by First Trust.