First Trust SMID Capital Strength ETF (NASDAQ:FSCS) Short Interest Update

First Trust SMID Capital Strength ETF (NASDAQ:FSCS) saw a large decrease in short interest during the month of October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totalling 500 shares, a decrease of 70.6% from the September 30th total of 1,700 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.2 days.

First Trust SMID Capital Strength ETF Price Performance

FSCS traded down $0.10 during trading on Friday, reaching $35.09. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 1,741 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,340. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $34.73. First Trust SMID Capital Strength ETF has a 1 year low of $25.83 and a 1 year high of $35.91.

First Trust SMID Capital Strength 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 given a dividend of $0.0695 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, September 26th. This represents a $0.28 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.79%.