First Trust International Equity Opportunities ETF (NASDAQ:FPXI) Short Interest Up 79.0% in January

First Trust International Equity Opportunities ETF (NASDAQ:FPXI) was the recipient of a large increase in short interest in January. As of January 30th, there was short interest totaling 44,933 shares, an increase of 79.0% from the January 15th total of 25,105 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 11,344 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.0 days. Currently, 1.8% of the shares of the company are short sold. Currently, 1.8% of the shares of the company are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 11,344 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 4.0 days.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On First Trust International Equity Opportunities ETF

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in FPXI. Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp bought a new position in First Trust International Equity Opportunities ETF during the second quarter valued at $65,000. Flow Traders U.S. LLC bought a new stake in shares of First Trust International Equity Opportunities ETF in the second quarter valued at $1,762,000. Arkadios Wealth Advisors lifted its position in shares of First Trust International Equity Opportunities ETF by 0.9% during the 2nd quarter. Arkadios Wealth Advisors now owns 25,479 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,439,000 after buying an additional 232 shares during the last quarter. Impact Partnership Wealth LLC grew its stake in shares of First Trust International Equity Opportunities ETF by 30.6% during the 2nd quarter. Impact Partnership Wealth LLC now owns 6,402 shares of the company’s stock worth $362,000 after acquiring an additional 1,501 shares during the period. Finally, CWM LLC increased its holdings in First Trust International Equity Opportunities ETF by 10.5% in the 2nd quarter. CWM LLC now owns 45,997 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,597,000 after acquiring an additional 4,353 shares during the last quarter.

First Trust International Equity Opportunities ETF Trading Up 1.4%

Shares of FPXI stock traded up $0.94 during trading on Friday, hitting $67.29. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 11,478 shares, compared to its average volume of 14,483. The company has a market cap of $164.86 million, a PE ratio of 26.06 and a beta of 0.90. The business has a fifty day moving average of $62.38 and a 200-day moving average of $60.10. First Trust International Equity Opportunities ETF has a 52 week low of $41.17 and a 52 week high of $67.87.

First Trust International Equity Opportunities ETF Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, December 31st. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 12th were paid a $0.0686 dividend. This represents a $0.27 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.4%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, December 12th.

About First Trust International Equity Opportunities ETF

The First Trust International Equity Opportunities ETF (FPXI) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the IPOX International index, a market-cap-weighted index of the 50 largest developed markets ex-US IPOs over the first 1,000 trading days for each stock. FPXI was launched on Nov 5, 2014 and is managed by First Trust.