Short Interest in Xtrackers Semiconductor Select Equity ETF (NASDAQ:CHPS) Expands By 419.6%

Xtrackers Semiconductor Select Equity ETF (NASDAQ:CHPS) saw a significant growth in short interest in the month of August. As of August 14th, there was short interest totaling 21,503 shares, a growth of 419.6% from the July 30th total of 4,138 shares. Currently, 1.7% of the company’s shares are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 34,755 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.6 days.

Xtrackers Semiconductor Select Equity ETF Stock Down 0.3%

Shares of NASDAQ CHPS opened at $81.85 on Wednesday. Xtrackers Semiconductor Select Equity ETF has a 12 month low of $33.77 and a 12 month high of $107.97. The company has a market cap of $102.31 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.07 and a beta of 2.22. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $88.69 and a 200-day simple moving average of $75.72.

Xtrackers Semiconductor Select Equity ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 26th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 18th were issued a dividend of $0.0681 per share. This represents a $0.27 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.3%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, June 18th. This is a boost from Xtrackers Semiconductor Select Equity ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.05.

Xtrackers Semiconductor Select Equity ETF Company Profile

The Xtrackers Semiconductor Select Equity ETF (CHPS) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in information technology equity. The fund tracks a market cap-weighted index of the companies involved semiconductor industry globally. The index screens securities based on various ESG criteria provided by Sustainalytics. CHPS was launched on Jul 13, 2023 and is issued by Xtrackers.