Astoria US Quality Kings ETF (NASDAQ:ROE) Sees Significant Growth in Short Interest

Astoria US Quality Kings ETF (NASDAQ:ROE) saw a significant growth in short interest in October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totalling 8,900 shares, a growth of 345.0% from the October 15th total of 2,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 14,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.6 days.

Institutional Trading of Astoria US Quality Kings ETF

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of ROE. Hobbs Group Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of Astoria US Quality Kings ETF in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $29,402,000. Astor Investment Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Astoria US Quality Kings ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at about $8,857,000. Atria Investments Inc bought a new position in Astoria US Quality Kings ETF during the third quarter worth about $2,952,000. Legacy Capital Group California Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Astoria US Quality Kings ETF during the third quarter worth approximately $2,042,000. Finally, Latitude Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of Astoria US Quality Kings ETF by 1.4% in the second quarter. Latitude Advisors LLC now owns 56,084 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,631,000 after buying an additional 792 shares in the last quarter.

Astoria US Quality Kings ETF Trading Down 0.3 %

ROE traded down $0.10 during trading on Tuesday, hitting $31.57. 4,692 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 19,647. Astoria US Quality Kings ETF has a 1 year low of $23.37 and a 1 year high of $31.78. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $30.56 and a 200 day moving average price of $29.60. The firm has a market cap of $146.48 million, a P/E ratio of 15.29 and a beta of 1.00.

Astoria US Quality Kings ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 30th. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 27th were paid a dividend of $0.1238 per share. This is a positive change from Astoria US Quality Kings ETF’s previous dividend of $0.04. The ex-dividend date was Friday, September 27th.

Astoria US Quality Kings ETF Company Profile

The Astoria US Quality Kings ETF (ROE) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in total market equity. The fund is an actively managed ETF that provides long-term capital appreciation by investing in 100 high-quality US stocks in the large- and mid-cap space based on proprietary quantitative screens.