Janus Henderson Small Cap Growth Alpha ETF (NASDAQ:JSML) Short Interest Update

Janus Henderson Small Cap Growth Alpha ETF (NASDAQ:JSML) was the recipient of a significant growth in short interest in the month of February. As of February 15th, there was short interest totalling 12,300 shares, a growth of 136.5% from the January 31st total of 5,200 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 17,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.7 days.

Janus Henderson Small Cap Growth Alpha ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ JSML opened at $63.36 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $255.34 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.81 and a beta of 1.28. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $67.12 and a 200 day moving average price of $66.64. Janus Henderson Small Cap Growth Alpha ETF has a 52-week low of $55.96 and a 52-week high of $74.37.

Janus Henderson Small Cap Growth Alpha ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 27th. Investors of record on Friday, December 20th were issued a $0.6228 dividend. This is a positive change from Janus Henderson Small Cap Growth Alpha ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.06. The ex-dividend date was Friday, December 20th. This represents a $2.49 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.93%.

Institutional Trading of Janus Henderson Small Cap Growth Alpha ETF

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Fidelity D & D Bancorp Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Janus Henderson Small Cap Growth Alpha ETF in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $1,173,000. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its holdings in Janus Henderson Small Cap Growth Alpha ETF by 74.1% during the fourth quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 23,477 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,539,000 after buying an additional 9,992 shares during the period. Ameriprise Financial Inc. lifted its holdings in Janus Henderson Small Cap Growth Alpha ETF by 1.2% during the fourth quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 19,608 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,285,000 after buying an additional 233 shares during the period. NewEdge Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in Janus Henderson Small Cap Growth Alpha ETF during the fourth quarter worth $222,000. Finally, Envestnet Asset Management Inc. lifted its holdings in Janus Henderson Small Cap Growth Alpha ETF by 0.9% during the fourth quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 21,173 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,388,000 after buying an additional 187 shares during the period.

About Janus Henderson Small Cap Growth Alpha ETF

The Janus Henderson Small Cap Growth Alpha ETF (JSML) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the Janus Small Cap Growth Alpha index. The fund tracks a market cap-weighted index of US small cap stocks selected by fundamental measures of growth, profitability and capital efficiency. Weighting relies on the actively-managed Janus Venture Fund.