BNY Mellon International Equity ETF (NYSEARCA:BKIE) Short Interest Update

BNY Mellon International Equity ETF (NYSEARCA:BKIE) saw a significant increase in short interest during the month of February. As of February 13th, there was short interest totaling 63,349 shares, an increase of 35.1% from the January 29th total of 46,884 shares. Currently, 0.5% of the company’s shares are sold short. Based on an average daily volume of 76,568 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.8 days. Based on an average daily volume of 76,568 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.8 days. Currently, 0.5% of the company’s shares are sold short.

Institutional Trading of BNY Mellon International Equity ETF

A number of large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Birchwood Financial Partners Inc. bought a new stake in shares of BNY Mellon International Equity ETF during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $169,000. NewEdge Advisors LLC acquired a new position in BNY Mellon International Equity ETF during the fourth quarter worth $1,357,000. VestGen Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of BNY Mellon International Equity ETF in the fourth quarter valued at $695,000. Cetera Investment Advisers lifted its stake in shares of BNY Mellon International Equity ETF by 228.4% in the fourth quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 76,079 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,042,000 after buying an additional 52,910 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Osaic Holdings Inc. grew its holdings in shares of BNY Mellon International Equity ETF by 7.1% during the fourth quarter. Osaic Holdings Inc. now owns 154,361 shares of the company’s stock valued at $14,293,000 after buying an additional 10,192 shares during the last quarter.

BNY Mellon International Equity ETF Price Performance

NYSEARCA BKIE traded down $1.58 during trading hours on Monday, reaching $99.88. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 85,029 shares, compared to its average volume of 60,203. BNY Mellon International Equity ETF has a 52 week low of $68.09 and a 52 week high of $101.87. The stock has a market cap of $1.23 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.44 and a beta of 0.85. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $96.90 and a 200-day simple moving average of $92.21.

BNY Mellon International Equity ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 2nd. Investors of record on Monday, December 29th were paid a dividend of $1.0429 per share. This is a boost from BNY Mellon International Equity ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.52. This represents a $4.17 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, December 29th.

BNY Mellon International Equity ETF Company Profile

The BNY Mellon International Equity ETF (BKIE) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in large cap equity. The fund tracks a market-cap-weighted index of large-caps in the Developed Markets outside of US. BKIE was launched on Apr 24, 2020 and is managed by BNY Mellon.