Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF (NASDAQ:QVAL) Short Interest Update

Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF (NASDAQ:QVAL) was the target of a large decrease in short interest in the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 47,415 shares, a decrease of 45.2% from the June 30th total of 86,500 shares. Approximately 0.5% of the company’s shares are short sold. Based on an average trading volume of 37,555 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.3 days.

Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF Stock Performance

QVAL opened at $58.65 on Friday. Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF has a 1 year low of $42.35 and a 1 year high of $59.43. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $56.32 and its 200 day simple moving average is $54.01. The stock has a market capitalization of $587.67 million, a PE ratio of 11.60 and a beta of 0.97.

Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF Cuts Dividend

The business also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 30th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 29th were issued a $0.1856 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 29th.

Institutional Trading of Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Ethos Financial Group LLC boosted its holdings in Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF by 10.7% in the fourth quarter. Ethos Financial Group LLC now owns 291,178 shares of the company’s stock valued at $14,208,000 after acquiring an additional 28,116 shares during the last quarter. Stillwater Private Wealth LLC purchased a new position in shares of Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF in the 1st quarter worth about $5,291,000. Baker Boyer National Bank raised its holdings in shares of Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF by 1.0% in the 4th quarter. Baker Boyer National Bank now owns 25,331 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,236,000 after purchasing an additional 261 shares during the period. Sankala Group LLC acquired a new position in shares of Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF in the 4th quarter valued at about $664,000. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. purchased a new stake in shares of Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF during the 3rd quarter worth about $97,000.

Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF Company Profile

The Alpha Architect US Quantitative Value ETF (QVAL) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in total market equity. The fund is an active, equal-weighted portfolio of US value stocks, screened for forensic accounting and earnings quality. QVAL was launched on Oct 22, 2014 and is issued by Alpha Architect.