Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF (NYSEARCA:DFAE) Sees Significant Increase in Short Interest

Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF (NYSEARCA:DFAE) saw a significant growth in short interest in August. As of August 14th, there was short interest totaling 1,444,631 shares, a growth of 134.5% from the July 30th total of 616,018 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 902,438 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.6 days. Currently, 0.6% of the shares of the company are short sold.

Institutional Trading of Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Vise Technologies Inc. increased its position in Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF by 293.1% during the fourth quarter. Vise Technologies Inc. now owns 2,670,478 shares of the company’s stock worth $86,977,000 after buying an additional 1,991,134 shares during the period. Petersen Hastings Wealth Advisors Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $41,422,000. Corient Private Wealth LLC grew its position in shares of Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF by 263.7% during the fourth quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 1,686,644 shares of the company’s stock worth $54,934,000 after acquiring an additional 1,222,915 shares during the last quarter. Financial Management Professionals Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF during the second quarter worth approximately $29,469,000. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE grew its position in shares of Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF by 13.6% during the third quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 5,763,021 shares of the company’s stock worth $181,708,000 after acquiring an additional 688,036 shares during the last quarter.

Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF Stock Performance

Shares of DFAE stock traded down $0.21 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $39.79. 742,353 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 1,188,498. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $38.82 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $37.77. The stock has a market capitalization of $9.86 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.98 and a beta of 0.72. Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF has a 12-month low of $29.64 and a 12-month high of $42.16.

About Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF

The Dimensional Emerging Core Equity Market ETF (DFAE) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in total market equity. The fund actively selects emerging markets securities of all sizes with a tilt toward small-cap companies, seeking to provide long-term capital appreciation. DFAE was launched on Dec 2, 2020 and is issued by Dimensional.