Royce Quant Small-Cap Quality Value ETF (NASDAQ:SQLV) Stock Short Interest Report for October

Royce Quant Small-Cap Quality Value ETF (NASDAQ:SQLV) was the recipient of a large drop in short interest during the month of October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,727 shares, a drop of 48.3% from the September 30th total of 5,276 shares. Currently, 0.4% of the shares of the company are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 9,055 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.3 days.

Royce Quant Small-Cap Quality Value ETF Trading Down 1.1%

SQLV traded down $0.61 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $53.21. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 2,801 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,271. Royce Quant Small-Cap Quality Value ETF has a fifty-two week low of $39.95 and a fifty-two week high of $55.30. The firm has a market capitalization of $39.91 million, a PE ratio of 12.07 and a beta of 1.02. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $52.74 and a 200 day simple moving average of $49.45.

Royce Quant Small-Cap Quality Value ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, September 17th. Stockholders of record on Monday, September 14th were paid a $0.1520 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, September 14th. This represents a $0.61 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.1%. This is an increase from Royce Quant Small-Cap Quality Value ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.1236.

About Royce Quant Small-Cap Quality Value ETF

The Royce Quant Small-Cap Quality Value ETF (SQLV) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in small-cap stocks. The fund is an actively managed fund that uses a multi-factor scoring system to select US small-cap stocks that are weighted based on fundamental composite scores. SQLV was launched on Jul 12, 2017 and is managed by Franklin Templeton.