First Trust Switzerland AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FSZ) Short Interest Update

First Trust Switzerland AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FSZ) saw a significant growth in short interest in the month of September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 5,574 shares, a growth of 122.5% from the August 31st total of 2,505 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 3,467 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.6 days. Approximately 1.2% of the shares of the company are short sold.

First Trust Switzerland AlphaDEX Fund Stock Up 0.2%

Shares of NASDAQ:FSZ traded up $0.15 during trading on Tuesday, hitting $79.16. 272 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,501. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $81.09 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $81.14. First Trust Switzerland AlphaDEX Fund has a 52-week low of $75.27 and a 52-week high of $86.44. The company has a market cap of $35.62 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.38 and a beta of 0.77.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

An institutional investor recently bought a new position in First Trust Switzerland AlphaDEX Fund stock. Hyposwiss Advisors SA bought a new position in shares of First Trust Switzerland AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FSZ) during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor bought 2,920 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $234,000. Hyposwiss Advisors SA owned approximately 0.53% of First Trust Switzerland AlphaDEX Fund as of its most recent SEC filing.

First Trust Switzerland AlphaDEX Fund Company Profile

The First Trust Switzerland AlphaDEX Fund (FSZ) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the NASDAQ AlphaDEX Switzerland index. The fund tracks a tiered, equal-weighted index of 40 Swiss companies selected from the NASDAQ Switzerland Index. It aims to outperform the broader market using a quant-based methodology. FSZ was launched on Feb 14, 2012 and is managed by First Trust.