First Trust International Developed Capital Strength ETF (NASDAQ:FICS) Short Interest Update

First Trust International Developed Capital Strength ETF (NASDAQ:FICS) was the target of a significant drop in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 11,700 shares, a drop of 14.6% from the December 15th total of 13,700 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 32,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.4 days.

Institutional Trading of First Trust International Developed Capital Strength ETF

A number of institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Nations Financial Group Inc. IA ADV lifted its holdings in shares of First Trust International Developed Capital Strength ETF by 2.2% during the 3rd quarter. Nations Financial Group Inc. IA ADV now owns 18,959 shares of the company’s stock valued at $711,000 after buying an additional 415 shares during the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its position in First Trust International Developed Capital Strength ETF by 59.7% during the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 1,247 shares of the company’s stock valued at $47,000 after acquiring an additional 466 shares in the last quarter. World Equity Group Inc. lifted its stake in First Trust International Developed Capital Strength ETF by 2.4% in the third quarter. World Equity Group Inc. now owns 63,999 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,399,000 after acquiring an additional 1,473 shares during the last quarter. DHJJ Financial Advisors Ltd. grew its position in First Trust International Developed Capital Strength ETF by 14.0% in the third quarter. DHJJ Financial Advisors Ltd. now owns 13,767 shares of the company’s stock worth $516,000 after acquiring an additional 1,694 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Gladstone Institutional Advisory LLC increased its stake in shares of First Trust International Developed Capital Strength ETF by 20.3% during the 3rd quarter. Gladstone Institutional Advisory LLC now owns 10,927 shares of the company’s stock worth $410,000 after purchasing an additional 1,845 shares during the last quarter.

First Trust International Developed Capital Strength ETF Stock Performance

Shares of FICS stock traded up $0.15 during trading on Friday, hitting $34.22. 20,506 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 34,728. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $34.72 and its 200 day simple moving average is $35.47. First Trust International Developed Capital Strength ETF has a twelve month low of $33.06 and a twelve month high of $37.93. The firm has a market capitalization of $162.55 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.06 and a beta of 0.84.

First Trust International Developed Capital Strength ETF Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 31st. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 13th were paid a $0.188 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, December 13th.

About First Trust International Developed Capital Strength ETF

The First Trust International Developed Cap Strength ETF (FICS) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in total market equity. The First Trust International Developed Capital Strength ETF (the Fund) seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield (before the Funds fees and expenses) of an index called The International Developed Capital Strength IndexSM (the Index).