LeaderShares AlphaFactor US Core Equity ETF (NYSEARCA:LSAF) Short Interest Up 333.7% in August

LeaderShares AlphaFactor US Core Equity ETF (NYSEARCA:LSAF) saw a significant increase in short interest during the month of August. As of August 14th, there was short interest totaling 3,565 shares, an increase of 333.7% from the July 30th total of 822 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 4,851 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.7 days. Approximately 0.2% of the shares of the stock are short sold.

LeaderShares AlphaFactor US Core Equity ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA:LSAF traded down $0.17 on Thursday, reaching $56.23. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 8,887 shares, compared to its average volume of 4,950. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $53.88 and a 200 day simple moving average of $50.11. LeaderShares AlphaFactor US Core Equity ETF has a 52-week low of $42.47 and a 52-week high of $56.52. The company has a market cap of $128.20 million, a P/E ratio of 15.59 and a beta of 0.94.

About LeaderShares AlphaFactor US Core Equity ETF

The LeaderSharesTM AlphaFactor US Core Equity ETF (LSAF) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the AlphaFactor U.S. Core Equity index. The fund tracks an equal-weighted index of US stocks selected by multiple fundamental factors. LSAF was launched on Oct 2, 2018 and is managed by LeaderShares.