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 significant growth in short interest during the month of April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totalling 13,200 shares, a growth 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 currently 0.5 days.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of FDT. Tucker Asset Management LLC boosted its position in First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund by 28.8% in the third quarter. Tucker Asset Management LLC now owns 1,069 shares of the company’s stock valued at $54,000 after buying an additional 239 shares during the last quarter. Principal Securities Inc. purchased a new stake in First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $110,000. Benjamin Edwards Inc. boosted its position in First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund by 13.9% in the fourth quarter. Benjamin Edwards Inc. now owns 2,652 shares of the company’s stock valued at $139,000 after buying an additional 324 shares during the last quarter. Concourse Financial Group Securities Inc. boosted its position in First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund by 39.8% in the fourth quarter. Concourse Financial Group Securities Inc. now owns 7,976 shares of the company’s stock valued at $419,000 after buying an additional 2,271 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Flagstar Advisors Inc. boosted its position in First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund by 16.3% in the fourth quarter. Flagstar Advisors Inc. now owns 8,111 shares of the company’s stock valued at $426,000 after buying an additional 1,136 shares during the last quarter.

First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund Stock Performance

Shares of FDT stock opened at $55.00 on Friday. First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund has a fifty-two week low of $46.90 and a fifty-two week high of $56.65. The firm has a market capitalization of $409.20 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 7.05 and a beta of 0.96. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $54.85 and its 200-day simple moving average is $52.29.

First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund Dividend Announcement

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

About First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund

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.