Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF (NASDAQ:JSMD) Short Interest Up 306.8% in January

Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF (NASDAQ:JSMD) was the target of a significant increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 29,700 shares, an increase of 306.8% from the December 31st total of 7,300 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 24,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.2 days.

Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF Price Performance

JSMD stock traded up $0.92 during mid-day trading on Thursday, reaching $78.29. 13,671 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 45,454. Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF has a 12-month low of $63.75 and a 12-month high of $83.23. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $78.17 and its 200 day moving average is $73.95. The company has a market cap of $460.32 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.84 and a beta of 1.17.

Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 27th. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 20th were given a dividend of $0.4041 per share. 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 2.06%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF

A number of institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in JSMD. Leelyn Smith LLC grew its position in shares of Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF by 2.2% in the third quarter. Leelyn Smith LLC now owns 374,282 shares of the company’s stock valued at $27,175,000 after purchasing an additional 7,958 shares during the period. Resonant Capital Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF by 3.2% in the 4th quarter. Resonant Capital Advisors LLC now owns 226,394 shares of the company’s stock worth $16,996,000 after buying an additional 7,071 shares during the last quarter. McCarthy & Cox boosted its holdings in Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF by 3.1% in the 4th quarter. McCarthy & Cox now owns 64,210 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,820,000 after buying an additional 1,937 shares during the last quarter. Worth Financial Advisory Group LLC raised its holdings in shares of Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF by 6.5% during the third quarter. Worth Financial Advisory Group LLC now owns 57,049 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,142,000 after acquiring an additional 3,495 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC lifted its position in shares of Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF by 4.0% in the fourth quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 50,414 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,785,000 after acquiring an additional 1,935 shares in 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.