Short Interest in Cohen & Steers Real Estate Opportunities & Income Fund (NYSE:RLTY) Expands By 28.9%

Cohen & Steers Real Estate Opportunities & Income Fund (NYSE:RLTY) was the recipient of a significant growth in short interest in the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totalling 90,900 shares, a growth of 28.9% from the February 13th total of 70,500 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 97,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.9 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. DecisionPoint Financial LLC bought a new position in shares of Cohen & Steers Real Estate Opportunities & Income Fund during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $30,000. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Cohen & Steers Real Estate Opportunities & Income Fund during the 4th quarter valued at $186,000. Wolverine Asset Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Cohen & Steers Real Estate Opportunities & Income Fund during the 4th quarter valued at $193,000. Samalin Investment Counsel LLC bought a new position in shares of Cohen & Steers Real Estate Opportunities & Income Fund during the 4th quarter valued at $196,000. Finally, Stifel Financial Corp grew its holdings in shares of Cohen & Steers Real Estate Opportunities & Income Fund by 19.1% during the 3rd quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 18,342 shares of the company’s stock valued at $313,000 after purchasing an additional 2,942 shares during the last quarter.

Cohen & Steers Real Estate Opportunities & Income Fund Price Performance

Shares of NYSE RLTY traded up $0.04 during trading on Tuesday, hitting $15.54. 54,280 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 89,632. The business’s fifty day moving average is $15.42 and its 200 day moving average is $15.94. Cohen & Steers Real Estate Opportunities & Income Fund has a fifty-two week low of $12.98 and a fifty-two week high of $17.77.

Cohen & Steers Real Estate Opportunities & Income Fund Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 31st. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, January 15th were given a $0.11 dividend. This represents a yield of 9.08%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, January 14th.

About Cohen & Steers Real Estate Opportunities & Income Fund

Cohen & Steers Real Estate Opportunities & Income Fund is an open end balanced mutual fund launched and managed by Cohen & Steers Capital Management, Inc It invests in the public equity and fixed income markets of global region. For its equity portion, the fund invests directly and through derivatives in stocks of companies operating across financials, diversified financials, mortgage real estate investment trusts (reits) and real estate sectors.