WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund (NASDAQ:DGRS) Short Interest Down 40.8% in March

WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund (NASDAQ:DGRS) was the recipient of a large drop in short interest in March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totalling 10,900 shares, a drop of 40.8% from the February 29th total of 18,400 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 28,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.4 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of DGRS. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its stake in WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund by 32,773.2% in the fourth quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 13,478 shares of the company’s stock valued at $542,000 after purchasing an additional 13,437 shares in the last quarter. LVM Capital Management Ltd. MI increased its position in WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund by 10.9% in the 4th quarter. LVM Capital Management Ltd. MI now owns 109,255 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,183,000 after buying an additional 10,700 shares in the last quarter. Harbor Investment Advisory LLC raised its stake in WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund by 37.7% during the 4th quarter. Harbor Investment Advisory LLC now owns 21,399 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,015,000 after buying an additional 5,860 shares during the period. ORG Partners LLC bought a new position in WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund in the third quarter worth approximately $124,000. Finally, Creative Financial Designs Inc. ADV grew its stake in WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund by 38.1% in the fourth quarter. Creative Financial Designs Inc. ADV now owns 2,453 shares of the company’s stock valued at $116,000 after acquiring an additional 677 shares during the period.

WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund Price Performance

Shares of WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund stock traded up $0.28 on Thursday, hitting $49.64. 15,549 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 28,501. The company has a market capitalization of $338.54 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.90 and a beta of 1.12. The company has a fifty day moving average of $47.21 and a two-hundred day moving average of $44.34. WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund has a one year low of $38.46 and a one year high of $49.81.

WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 27th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 25th were given a dividend of $0.085 per share. This is an increase from WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund’s previous dividend of $0.06. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, March 22nd.

About WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund

The WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund (DGRS) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in small-cap stocks. The fund tracks a dividend-weighted index of US small-cap stocks with growth characteristics. DGRS was launched on Jul 25, 2013 and is managed by WisdomTree.