First Trust S&P International Dividend Aristocrats ETF (NASDAQ:FID) Sees Large Decrease in Short Interest

First Trust S&P International Dividend Aristocrats ETF (NASDAQ:FID) saw a large decline in short interest during the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 25,000 shares, a decline of 22.4% from the December 31st total of 32,200 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 12,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.9 days.

First Trust S&P International Dividend Aristocrats ETF Stock Down 0.8 %

Shares of NASDAQ FID traded down $0.13 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $16.26. The company had a trading volume of 2,288 shares, compared to its average volume of 17,804. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $16.45 and its 200-day moving average price is $16.76. The stock has a market cap of $78.84 million, a PE ratio of 10.95 and a beta of 0.80. First Trust S&P International Dividend Aristocrats ETF has a one year low of $15.11 and a one year high of $17.78.

First Trust S&P International Dividend Aristocrats ETF Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 31st. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 13th were given a dividend of $0.2154 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, December 13th.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of FID. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. grew its holdings in shares of First Trust S&P International Dividend Aristocrats ETF by 6.6% during the 2nd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 251,448 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,953,000 after acquiring an additional 15,604 shares during the period. Cetera Investment Advisers grew its holdings in shares of First Trust S&P International Dividend Aristocrats ETF by 3.5% during the 2nd quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 67,788 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,066,000 after acquiring an additional 2,274 shares during the period. Wagner Wealth Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of First Trust S&P International Dividend Aristocrats ETF by 6.7% during the 3rd quarter. Wagner Wealth Management LLC now owns 582,027 shares of the company’s stock worth $10,220,000 after acquiring an additional 36,393 shares during the period. Iams Wealth Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of First Trust S&P International Dividend Aristocrats ETF by 20.0% during the 3rd quarter. Iams Wealth Management LLC now owns 13,602 shares of the company’s stock worth $239,000 after acquiring an additional 2,270 shares during the period. Finally, Gateway Wealth Partners LLC grew its holdings in shares of First Trust S&P International Dividend Aristocrats ETF by 25.8% during the 3rd quarter. Gateway Wealth Partners LLC now owns 19,363 shares of the company’s stock worth $340,000 after acquiring an additional 3,970 shares during the period.

First Trust S&P International Dividend Aristocrats ETF Company Profile

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.