First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF (NASDAQ:IFV) Short Interest Update

First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF (NASDAQ:IFV) saw a significant growth in short interest during the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 19,400 shares, a growth of 11.5% from the September 15th total of 17,400 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 17,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.1 days.

First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF Price Performance

Shares of IFV traded down $0.02 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, reaching $20.46. The stock had a trading volume of 15,039 shares, compared to its average volume of 22,111. The business’s fifty day moving average is $20.46 and its 200 day moving average is $20.03. First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF has a 52-week low of $16.99 and a 52-week high of $21.38. The firm has a market cap of $193.35 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 8.65 and a beta of 0.95.

First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 30th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, September 26th were issued a dividend of $0.0337 per share. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, September 26th. This represents a $0.13 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.66%.

Institutional Trading of First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. raised its holdings in First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF by 83.7% in the 2nd quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 1,455 shares of the company’s stock valued at $29,000 after buying an additional 663 shares during the period. Genesee Capital Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF by 0.6% during the second quarter. Genesee Capital Advisors LLC now owns 147,722 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,906,000 after acquiring an additional 864 shares during the last quarter. Trueblood Wealth Management LLC raised its stake in shares of First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF by 6.2% in the 2nd quarter. Trueblood Wealth Management LLC now owns 46,787 shares of the company’s stock valued at $920,000 after acquiring an additional 2,749 shares during the period. GAMMA Investing LLC purchased a new position in shares of First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $87,000. Finally, SageView Advisory Group LLC purchased a new position in shares of First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF during the 1st quarter worth approximately $99,000.

About First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF

The First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF (IFV) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in total market equity. The fund is an ETF-of-ETFs that tracks a momentum-driven, country\u002Fregion rotation index of international equities. The index is equal-weighted. IFV was launched on Jul 22, 2014 and is managed by First Trust.