Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF (NASDAQ:JSMD) Short Interest Update

Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF (NASDAQ:JSMD) saw a significant growth in short interest in the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totalling 18,300 shares, a growth of 41.9% from the February 13th total of 12,900 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 33,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.6 days. Currently, 0.3% of the shares of the company are sold short.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in JSMD. Raymond James Financial Inc. acquired a new position in Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF during the fourth quarter valued at $20,614,000. Blue Rock Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF in the fourth quarter worth about $3,255,000. LPL Financial LLC raised its position in shares of Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF by 5.8% in the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 502,635 shares of the company’s stock worth $37,734,000 after acquiring an additional 27,487 shares during the period. AssuredPartners Investment Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF in the fourth quarter worth about $1,779,000. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE raised its position in shares of Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF by 3.2% in the fourth quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 500,830 shares of the company’s stock worth $37,598,000 after acquiring an additional 15,524 shares during the period.

Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF Price Performance

NASDAQ JSMD opened at $70.77 on Tuesday. The company has a market capitalization of $419.67 million, a PE ratio of 22.19 and a beta of 1.17. The company has a fifty day moving average of $75.07 and a 200 day moving average of $75.06. Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF has a 1 year low of $64.53 and a 1 year high of $83.23.

Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 27th. Investors of record on Friday, December 20th were given a dividend of $0.4041 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, December 20th. This is an increase from Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.04. This represents a $1.62 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 2.28%.

Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF Company Profile

The Janus Henderson Small\u002FMid Cap Growth Alpha ETF (JSMD) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the Janus Small Mid Cap Growth Alpha index. The fund tracks an index of US small- and mid-cap stocks with strong fundamental measures of growth, profitability and capital efficiency. Weighting relies on the actively-managed Janus Triton Fund.