First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF (NASDAQ:IFV) Short Interest Update

First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF (NASDAQ:IFV) was the recipient of a significant decrease in short interest in August. As of August 14th, there was short interest totaling 2,771 shares, a decrease of 84.5% from the July 30th total of 17,840 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 22,961 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.1 days. Approximately 0.0% of the company’s stock are short sold.

First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF Stock Performance

IFV stock traded up $0.16 during trading on Thursday, reaching $26.41. The company had a trading volume of 4,051 shares, compared to its average volume of 56,469. The company has a market cap of $237.69 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.24 and a beta of 0.76. First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF has a twelve month low of $23.19 and a twelve month high of $28.70. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $26.05 and a 200-day simple moving average of $26.64.

First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 30th. Investors of record on Thursday, June 25th were given a $0.2505 dividend. This represents a $1.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.8%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, June 25th. This is a positive change from First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.01.

Institutional Trading of First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Farther Finance Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF by 4.3% during the 4th quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 13,054 shares of the company’s stock valued at $324,000 after acquiring an additional 537 shares during the period. MML Investors Services LLC boosted its position in First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF by 1.2% during the fourth quarter. MML Investors Services LLC now owns 49,841 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,238,000 after purchasing an additional 596 shares in the last quarter. Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC grew its holdings in First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF by 5.5% in the fourth quarter. Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC now owns 17,497 shares of the company’s stock valued at $434,000 after purchasing an additional 920 shares during the period. Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. increased its position in shares of First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF by 2.2% in the fourth quarter. Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. now owns 43,584 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,082,000 after buying an additional 936 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Advisory Services Network LLC purchased a new stake in shares of First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF in the third quarter valued at approximately $30,000.

First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF Company Profile

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.