FlexShares International Quality Dividend Index Fund (NYSEARCA:IQDF) Short Interest Update

FlexShares International Quality Dividend Index Fund (NYSEARCA:IQDF) saw a significant increase in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 84,473 shares, an increase of 137.8% from the April 30th total of 35,520 shares. Approximately 0.3% of the shares of the stock are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 46,736 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.8 days.

FlexShares International Quality Dividend Index Fund Trading Down 0.2%

Shares of NYSEARCA IQDF traded down $0.08 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $34.82. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 47,947 shares, compared to its average volume of 88,639. The business’s 50 day moving average is $33.26 and its two-hundred day moving average is $32.04. The firm has a market cap of $1.15 billion, a P/E ratio of 11.37 and a beta of 0.69. FlexShares International Quality Dividend Index Fund has a 12-month low of $26.00 and a 12-month high of $35.08.

Institutional Trading of FlexShares International Quality Dividend Index Fund

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Cetera Investment Advisers lifted its position in shares of FlexShares International Quality Dividend Index Fund by 6.6% during the 4th quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 11,613 shares of the company’s stock valued at $353,000 after acquiring an additional 716 shares during the period. Regal Investment Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of FlexShares International Quality Dividend Index Fund by 6.2% in the third quarter. Regal Investment Advisors LLC now owns 17,256 shares of the company’s stock valued at $492,000 after acquiring an additional 1,011 shares in the last quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp lifted its position in shares of FlexShares International Quality Dividend Index Fund by 2.4% in the third quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 50,562 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,435,000 after acquiring an additional 1,166 shares in the last quarter. Kestra Advisory Services LLC lifted its position in shares of FlexShares International Quality Dividend Index Fund by 3.7% in the fourth quarter. Kestra Advisory Services LLC now owns 38,766 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,178,000 after acquiring an additional 1,391 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Montag A & Associates Inc. acquired a new position in FlexShares International Quality Dividend Index Fund in the 4th quarter valued at $53,000.

FlexShares International Quality Dividend Index Fund Company Profile

The FlexShares International Quality Dividend Index Fund (IQDF) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in total market equity. The fund tracks an index of non-US companies from developed and emerging markets selected by dividend payments and other fundamentals. The index aims for market-like risk. IQDF was launched on Apr 12, 2013 and is managed by FlexShares.