Hoya Capital Housing ETF (NYSEARCA:HOMZ) Sees Significant Increase in Short Interest

Hoya Capital Housing ETF (NYSEARCA:HOMZ) was the target of a significant growth in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,385 shares, a growth of 101.3% from the December 31st total of 688 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 3,355 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.4 days. Approximately 0.2% of the company’s shares are short sold. Approximately 0.2% of the company’s shares are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 3,355 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.4 days.

Hoya Capital Housing ETF Stock Performance

NYSEARCA:HOMZ traded down $0.65 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $46.77. The company had a trading volume of 1,793 shares, compared to its average volume of 4,555. Hoya Capital Housing ETF has a fifty-two week low of $39.28 and a fifty-two week high of $49.80. The business’s fifty day moving average is $46.78 and its two-hundred day moving average is $46.36. The firm has a market cap of $36.01 million, a P/E ratio of 14.42 and a beta of 1.16.

Hoya Capital Housing ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, January 22nd. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, January 21st were given a dividend of $0.0975 per share. This is an increase from Hoya Capital Housing ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.09. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.5%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, January 21st.

Institutional Trading of Hoya Capital Housing ETF

An institutional investor recently raised its position in Hoya Capital Housing ETF stock. Hoya Capital Real Estate LLC lifted its position in shares of Hoya Capital Housing ETF (NYSEARCA:HOMZ) by 2.8% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 47,890 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 1,287 shares during the period. Hoya Capital Housing ETF comprises about 37.5% of Hoya Capital Real Estate LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its largest holding. Hoya Capital Real Estate LLC owned 6.22% of Hoya Capital Housing ETF worth $2,253,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

About Hoya Capital Housing ETF

The Hoya Capital Housing ETF (HOMZ) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the Hoya Capital Housing 100 index. The fund tracks a tier-weighted index of 100 equities representing the US residential housing industry. HOMZ was launched on Mar 20, 2019 and is managed by Hoya.