Short Interest in Xtrackers Semiconductor Select Equity ETF (NASDAQ:CHPS) Grows By 125.8%

Xtrackers Semiconductor Select Equity ETF (NASDAQ:CHPS) was the target of a large growth in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 48,559 shares, a growth of 125.8% from the August 15th total of 21,503 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 25,328 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.9 days. Approximately 3.9% of the company’s stock are short sold.

Xtrackers Semiconductor Select Equity ETF Price Performance

NASDAQ CHPS traded down $5.07 during trading on Monday, reaching $79.78. 14,162 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 30,259. The firm has a market cap of $99.72 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.07 and a beta of 2.21. Xtrackers Semiconductor Select Equity ETF has a 12-month low of $37.17 and a 12-month high of $107.97. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $84.42 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $78.06.

Xtrackers Semiconductor Select Equity ETF Increases Dividend

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

About Xtrackers Semiconductor Select Equity ETF

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.