Xtrackers Semiconductor Select Equity ETF (NASDAQ:CHPS) Short Interest Up 109.9% in June

Xtrackers Semiconductor Select Equity ETF (NASDAQ:CHPS) was the recipient of a significant increase in short interest in June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 35,174 shares, an increase of 109.9% from the May 31st total of 16,754 shares. Currently, 3.9% of the shares of the stock are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 61,590 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.6 days.

Xtrackers Semiconductor Select Equity ETF Stock Performance

CHPS opened at $97.18 on Thursday. Xtrackers Semiconductor Select Equity ETF has a fifty-two week low of $33.31 and a fifty-two week high of $107.97. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $88.01 and its 200 day moving average is $66.31. The stock has a market cap of $87.46 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.07 and a beta of 2.22.

Xtrackers Semiconductor Select Equity ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 26th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 18th were issued a dividend of $0.0681 per share. This is a boost from Xtrackers Semiconductor Select Equity ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.05. This represents a $0.27 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.3%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, June 18th.

About Xtrackers Semiconductor Select Equity ETF

The Xtrackers Semiconductor Select Equity ETF (CHPS) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in information technology equity. The fund tracks a market cap-weighted index of the companies involved semiconductor industry globally. The index screens securities based on various ESG criteria provided by Sustainalytics. CHPS was launched on Jul 13, 2023 and is issued by Xtrackers.