First Trust High Income Strategic Focus ETF (NASDAQ:HISF) Short Interest Update

First Trust High Income Strategic Focus ETF (NASDAQ:HISF) saw a significant growth in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 4,500 shares, a growth of 1,025.0% from the September 15th total of 400 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 6,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.7 days.

First Trust High Income Strategic Focus ETF Stock Performance

NASDAQ:HISF opened at $44.85 on Friday. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $45.27 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $44.33. The firm has a market capitalization of $44.85 million, a PE ratio of 0.06 and a beta of 0.46. First Trust High Income Strategic Focus ETF has a 52-week low of $41.73 and a 52-week high of $45.96.

First Trust High Income Strategic Focus ETF Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 30th. Investors of record on Thursday, September 26th were issued a $0.177 dividend. This represents a $2.12 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.74%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, September 26th.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On First Trust High Income Strategic Focus ETF

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. tru Independence LLC bought a new stake in shares of First Trust High Income Strategic Focus ETF during the 1st quarter valued at $1,873,000. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC raised its holdings in First Trust High Income Strategic Focus ETF by 9.8% during the first quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC now owns 26,999 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,194,000 after acquiring an additional 2,415 shares during the period. CreativeOne Wealth LLC purchased a new position in shares of First Trust High Income Strategic Focus ETF in the first quarter valued at about $339,000. Cetera Investment Advisers purchased a new position in shares of First Trust High Income Strategic Focus ETF in the first quarter valued at about $1,574,000. Finally, Raymond James Trust N.A. bought a new position in shares of First Trust High Income Strategic Focus ETF in the second quarter worth about $246,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 51.36% of the company’s stock.

About First Trust High Income Strategic Focus ETF

The First Trust High Income Strategic Focus ETF (HISF) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in broad credit fixed income. The fund uses a fund-of-funds structure to primarily seek income across a broad range of fixed income securities of US and non-US issuers. HISF was launched on Aug 13, 2014 and is managed by First Trust.