First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FDT) Short Interest Update

First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FDT) was the target of a large increase in short interest in the month of April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totalling 13,200 shares, an increase of 135.7% from the March 31st total of 5,600 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 26,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.5 days.

Institutional Trading of First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund in the third quarter valued at $1,555,000. Wealthsource Partners LLC boosted its position in shares of First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund by 1.2% in the third quarter. Wealthsource Partners LLC now owns 51,542 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,589,000 after acquiring an additional 634 shares during the last quarter. Atria Wealth Solutions Inc. grew its holdings in First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund by 7.0% in the third quarter. Atria Wealth Solutions Inc. now owns 29,320 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,473,000 after purchasing an additional 1,920 shares during the period. NewEdge Wealth LLC increased its position in First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund by 14.3% during the third quarter. NewEdge Wealth LLC now owns 27,610 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,387,000 after purchasing an additional 3,452 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Atria Investments Inc boosted its holdings in shares of First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund by 1.4% in the 3rd quarter. Atria Investments Inc now owns 26,180 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,315,000 after purchasing an additional 359 shares during the last quarter.

First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund Trading Up 0.9 %

Shares of NASDAQ:FDT traded up $0.47 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $55.00. 16,486 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 31,634. First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund has a twelve month low of $46.90 and a twelve month high of $56.65. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $54.81 and a 200-day moving average price of $52.25. The stock has a market cap of $409.20 million, a P/E ratio of 7.05 and a beta of 0.96.

First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 28th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 22nd were issued a dividend of $0.1962 per share. This represents a $0.78 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.43%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, March 21st.

First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund Company Profile

The First Trust Developed Markets Ex-US AlphaDEX Fund (FDT) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the NASDAQ AlphaDEX DM Ex-US index. The fund tracks an index of international, developed-market stocks, selected by growth and value factors and equal-weighted in tiers. FDT was launched on Apr 18, 2011 and is managed by First Trust.