Dimensional U.S. Equity ETF (NYSEARCA:DFUS) Short Interest Up 118.9% in May

Dimensional U.S. Equity ETF (NYSEARCA:DFUS) saw a significant increase in short interest in May. As of May 29th, there was short interest totaling 581,026 shares, an increase of 118.9% from the May 14th total of 265,407 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 713,652 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.8 days. Approximately 0.2% of the shares of the stock are short sold.

Dimensional U.S. Equity ETF Price Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA:DFUS traded up $0.43 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $81.10. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 727,251 shares, compared to its average volume of 952,333. Dimensional U.S. Equity ETF has a fifty-two week low of $64.33 and a fifty-two week high of $82.96. The company has a market capitalization of $20.57 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.45 and a beta of 1.01. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $78.67 and its 200-day simple moving average is $75.74.

Institutional Trading of Dimensional U.S. Equity ETF

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Focus Partners Wealth increased its position in Dimensional U.S. Equity ETF by 0.7% in the fourth quarter. Focus Partners Wealth now owns 9,261,059 shares of the company’s stock worth $686,893,000 after purchasing an additional 62,934 shares during the period. Maseco LLP increased its position in Dimensional U.S. Equity ETF by 0.4% in the first quarter. Maseco LLP now owns 7,486,563 shares of the company’s stock worth $530,947,000 after purchasing an additional 26,368 shares during the period. Root Financial Partners LLC increased its position in Dimensional U.S. Equity ETF by 15.1% in the first quarter. Root Financial Partners LLC now owns 6,125,950 shares of the company’s stock worth $434,391,000 after purchasing an additional 805,252 shares during the period. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. increased its position in Dimensional U.S. Equity ETF by 5,806.1% in the fourth quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 5,933,357 shares of the company’s stock worth $440,077,000 after purchasing an additional 5,832,895 shares during the period. Finally, Vise Technologies Inc. increased its position in Dimensional U.S. Equity ETF by 252.9% in the fourth quarter. Vise Technologies Inc. now owns 4,742,037 shares of the company’s stock worth $351,717,000 after purchasing an additional 3,398,120 shares during the period.

About Dimensional U.S. Equity ETF

The Dimensional U.S. Equity ETF (DFUS) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in total market equity. The fund actively selects US equities of all sizes weighted by market capitalization in seeking to provide long-term capital appreciation. DFUS was launched on Sep 25, 2001 and is managed by Dimensional.