SPDR S&P International Small Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:GWX) Sees Significant Increase in Short Interest

SPDR S&P International Small Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:GWX) was the target of a significant increase in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totaling 150,803 shares, an increase of 114.6% from the September 15th total of 70,267 shares. Approximately 0.7% of the company’s stock are sold short. Based on an average trading volume of 42,147 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 3.6 days.

Institutional Trading of SPDR S&P International Small Cap ETF

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. lifted its position in SPDR S&P International Small Cap ETF by 7.5% during the 2nd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 930,697 shares of the company’s stock worth $40,727,000 after acquiring an additional 65,294 shares during the period. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. increased its holdings in shares of SPDR S&P International Small Cap ETF by 7.2% in the second quarter. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. now owns 633,085 shares of the company’s stock valued at $27,704,000 after purchasing an additional 42,712 shares during the period. Cetera Investment Advisers increased its holdings in shares of SPDR S&P International Small Cap ETF by 0.3% in the first quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 550,392 shares of the company’s stock valued at $23,243,000 after purchasing an additional 1,772 shares during the period. RTD Financial Advisors Inc. acquired a new position in shares of SPDR S&P International Small Cap ETF in the third quarter valued at about $5,505,000. Finally, Eagle Bluffs Wealth Management LLC raised its stake in shares of SPDR S&P International Small Cap ETF by 1.0% in the first quarter. Eagle Bluffs Wealth Management LLC now owns 105,668 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,462,000 after purchasing an additional 1,042 shares during the last quarter.

SPDR S&P International Small Cap ETF Trading Down 0.5%

Shares of GWX stock traded down $0.20 during trading hours on Thursday, reaching $44.52. 10,798 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 60,083. SPDR S&P International Small Cap ETF has a 1 year low of $38.17 and a 1 year high of $47.28. The stock has a market cap of $899.24 million, a PE ratio of 14.22 and a beta of 0.87. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $46.04 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $45.11.

SPDR S&P International Small Cap ETF Company Profile

SPDR S&P International Small Cap ETF (the Fund) seeks to replicate as closely as possible the total return performance of the S&P Developed Ex-U.S. Under USD2 Billion Index (the Index), an equity index based upon the world (excluding the United States) small-cap composite market. 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.