Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF (NASDAQ:QVAL) Sees Significant Growth in Short Interest

Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF (NASDAQ:QVAL) saw a large increase in short interest in October. As of October 30th, there was short interest totaling 51,901 shares, an increase of 133.5% from the October 15th total of 22,223 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 146,446 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.4 days. Currently, 0.5% of the shares of the stock are short sold.

Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF Trading Up 0.4%

Shares of Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF stock opened at $64.24 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $727.84 million, a PE ratio of 12.46 and a beta of 0.96. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $61.55 and its 200 day moving average is $56.93. Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF has a 1 year low of $45.57 and a 1 year high of $65.55.

Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, September 30th. Stockholders of record on Monday, September 28th were issued a dividend of $0.2415 per share. This represents a $0.97 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.5%. This is a boost from Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.1856. The ex-dividend date was Monday, September 28th.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A hedge fund recently bought a new position in Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF stock. Stillwater Private Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF (NASDAQ:QVAL) in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm acquired 101,493 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,291,000. Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF comprises 4.5% of Stillwater Private Wealth LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 5th biggest position. Stillwater Private Wealth LLC owned approximately 1.08% of Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF at the end of the most recent reporting period.

About Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF

The Alpha Architect US Quantitative Value ETF (QVAL) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in total market equity. The fund is an active, equal-weighted portfolio of US value stocks, screened for forensic accounting and earnings quality. QVAL was launched on Oct 22, 2014 and is issued by Alpha Architect.