First Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF (NASDAQ:FIXD) Short Interest Update

First Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF (NASDAQ:FIXD) was the target of a large growth in short interest in April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 22,468 shares, a growth of 94.3% from the April 15th total of 11,565 shares. Approximately 0.0% of the shares of the stock are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 371,960 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.1 days.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On First Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF

A number of institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Morgan Stanley grew its stake in First Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF by 2.4% in the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 8,859,149 shares of the company’s stock worth $392,638,000 after buying an additional 208,089 shares in the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC grew its stake in shares of First Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF by 9.5% in the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 7,076,780 shares of the company’s stock worth $313,643,000 after acquiring an additional 612,706 shares during the last quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN lifted its holdings in First Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF by 4.3% in the fourth quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 5,930,860 shares of the company’s stock valued at $262,856,000 after acquiring an additional 241,881 shares during the period. Raymond James Financial Inc. grew its position in shares of First Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF by 6.4% during the fourth quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 2,896,834 shares of the company’s stock worth $128,388,000 after purchasing an additional 174,165 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Ameriprise Financial Inc. grew its position in shares of First Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF by 105.9% during the second quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 2,828,195 shares of the company’s stock worth $124,105,000 after purchasing an additional 1,454,463 shares in the last quarter.

First Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF Price Performance

Shares of FIXD opened at $43.21 on Tuesday. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $43.78 and its 200 day simple moving average is $44.21. First Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF has a 52-week low of $42.51 and a 52-week high of $45.15.

First Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, April 30th. Investors of record on Tuesday, April 21st were issued a dividend of $0.165 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, April 21st. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.6%.

First Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF Company Profile

The First Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF (FIXD) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the Bloomberg Global Aggregate Bond index. The fund is an actively managed, broad-based, and broad-maturity bond fund that aims for a weighted average duration within 1 year of the Bloomberg US Aggregate Index. The fund may hold derivatives. FIXD was launched on Feb 14, 2017 and is managed by First Trust.