SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF (NYSEARCA:SPDW) Short Interest Update

SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF (NYSEARCA:SPDW) was the target of a significant increase in short interest in July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,737,825 shares, an increase of 242.0% from the June 30th total of 800,642 shares. Approximately 0.3% of the company’s stock are short sold. Based on an average trading volume of 3,830,152 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.7 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Auto Owners Insurance Co boosted its position in SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF by 5,626.0% during the fourth quarter. Auto Owners Insurance Co now owns 872,108,747 shares of the company’s stock worth $38,730,349,000 after purchasing an additional 856,878,081 shares during the period. Creative Planning raised its position in shares of SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF by 13.2% in the third quarter. Creative Planning now owns 112,764,556 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,825,195,000 after purchasing an additional 13,128,208 shares during the period. LPL Financial LLC lifted its stake in shares of SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF by 9.7% during the 4th quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 37,343,862 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,658,441,000 after buying an additional 3,292,815 shares in the last quarter. Allworth Financial LP lifted its stake in shares of SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF by 0.3% during the 4th quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 29,790,838 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,323,011,000 after buying an additional 90,865 shares in the last quarter. Finally, CWM LLC lifted its stake in shares of SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF by 6.1% during the 4th quarter. CWM LLC now owns 15,520,557 shares of the company’s stock valued at $689,268,000 after buying an additional 886,729 shares in the last quarter.

SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF Stock Down 0.1%

SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF stock traded down $0.06 during trading on Friday, hitting $49.39. The stock had a trading volume of 2,424,685 shares, compared to its average volume of 4,535,309. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $50.30 and its two-hundred day moving average is $48.49. SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF has a 1 year low of $39.54 and a 1 year high of $52.16. The stock has a market cap of $39.66 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.12 and a beta of 0.83.

About SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF

SPDR S&P World ex US ETF (the Fund) seeks to replicate as closely as possible total return performance of the S&P/Citigroup BMI World Ex US Index (the Index). The Index is a market capitalization-weighted index that defines and measures the investable universe of publicly traded companies domiciled in developed countries outside the United States. The Index is float adjusted, meaning that only those shares publicly available to investors are included in the Index calculation. The Fund uses a passive management strategy designed to track the price and yield performance of the Index.