Short Interest in Xtrackers Semiconductor Select Equity ETF (NASDAQ:CHPS) Grows By 125.8%

Xtrackers Semiconductor Select Equity ETF (NASDAQ:CHPS) saw a significant increase in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 48,559 shares, an increase of 125.8% from the August 15th total of 21,503 shares. Approximately 3.9% of the company’s stock are sold short. Based on an average daily volume of 25,328 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.9 days.

Xtrackers Semiconductor Select Equity ETF Price Performance

NASDAQ CHPS traded down $5.07 during trading hours on Monday, hitting $79.78. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 14,162 shares, compared to its average volume of 30,259. Xtrackers Semiconductor Select Equity ETF has a 12 month low of $37.17 and a 12 month high of $107.97. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $84.42 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $78.06. The company has a market cap of $99.72 million, a P/E ratio of 27.07 and a beta of 2.21.

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.

Xtrackers Semiconductor Select Equity ETF Company Profile

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.