First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF (NASDAQ:IFV) Short Interest Up 133.3% in January

First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF (NASDAQ:IFV) was the target of a large increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 700 shares, an increase of 133.3% from the December 31st total of 300 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 36,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.0 days.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF

Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. boosted its stake in shares of First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF by 83.7% during the second quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 1,455 shares of the company’s stock valued at $29,000 after purchasing an additional 663 shares in the last quarter. PFG Investments LLC boosted its position in First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF by 3.4% during the 3rd quarter. PFG Investments LLC now owns 28,551 shares of the company’s stock worth $601,000 after buying an additional 932 shares during the period. Pine Valley Investments Ltd Liability Co grew its holdings in First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF by 3.3% during the 3rd quarter. Pine Valley Investments Ltd Liability Co now owns 36,622 shares of the company’s stock worth $771,000 after acquiring an additional 1,162 shares during the last quarter. Arkadios Wealth Advisors increased its position in First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF by 7.6% in the 4th quarter. Arkadios Wealth Advisors now owns 33,228 shares of the company’s stock valued at $637,000 after acquiring an additional 2,333 shares during the period. Finally, Trueblood Wealth Management LLC raised its stake in shares of First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF by 19.1% during the fourth quarter. Trueblood Wealth Management LLC now owns 56,095 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,075,000 after acquiring an additional 8,992 shares during the last quarter.

First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF Price Performance

NASDAQ IFV traded down $0.05 on Friday, reaching $19.62. The stock had a trading volume of 6,316 shares, compared to its average volume of 120,683. First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF has a 1-year low of $18.48 and a 1-year high of $21.38. The company has a market cap of $138.32 million, a P/E ratio of 8.65 and a beta of 0.95. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $19.37 and a two-hundred day moving average of $19.92.

First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 31st. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 13th were paid a dividend of $0.1872 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, December 13th.

First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF Company Profile

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.