Short Interest in ALPS International Sector Dividend Dogs ETF (NYSEARCA:IDOG) Expands By 178.7%

ALPS International Sector Dividend Dogs ETF (NYSEARCA:IDOG) was the recipient of a significant increase in short interest in the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 32,224 shares, an increase of 178.7% from the June 30th total of 11,564 shares. Approximately 0.3% of the company’s shares are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 33,695 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.0 days.

Institutional Trading of ALPS International Sector Dividend Dogs ETF

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Ameriprise Financial Inc. raised its stake in ALPS International Sector Dividend Dogs ETF by 24.5% during the 2nd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 95,999 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,256,000 after buying an additional 18,915 shares during the period. Cahill Financial Advisors Inc. grew its stake in ALPS International Sector Dividend Dogs ETF by 2.3% in the fourth quarter. Cahill Financial Advisors Inc. now owns 66,117 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,549,000 after acquiring an additional 1,488 shares during the period. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. grew its stake in ALPS International Sector Dividend Dogs ETF by 6,131.8% in the fourth quarter. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. now owns 1,371 shares of the company’s stock valued at $53,000 after acquiring an additional 1,349 shares during the period. Baird Financial Group Inc. increased its holdings in shares of ALPS International Sector Dividend Dogs ETF by 5.6% in the second quarter. Baird Financial Group Inc. now owns 17,894 shares of the company’s stock worth $607,000 after acquiring an additional 950 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Basepoint Wealth LLC bought a new stake in shares of ALPS International Sector Dividend Dogs ETF in the fourth quarter worth about $36,000.

ALPS International Sector Dividend Dogs ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA:IDOG opened at $42.91 on Wednesday. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $42.57 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $41.93. The company has a market capitalization of $540.67 million, a PE ratio of 11.22 and a beta of 0.58. ALPS International Sector Dividend Dogs ETF has a 52 week low of $33.76 and a 52 week high of $44.37.

ALPS International Sector Dividend Dogs ETF Company Profile

The ALPS International Sector Dividend Dogs ETF (IDOG) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in large cap equity. The fund tracks an equal-weighted index that selects the five companies with the highest dividend yield in each of the 10 GICS sectors from international developed markets. IDOG was launched on Jun 27, 2013 and is managed by ALPS.