Invesco DB Agriculture Fund (NYSEARCA:DBA) Short Interest Up 204.0% in February

Invesco DB Agriculture Fund (NYSEARCA:DBA) was the target of a significant increase in short interest in the month of February. As of February 13th, there was short interest totaling 186,376 shares, an increase of 204.0% from the January 29th total of 61,316 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 241,654 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.8 days. Approximately 0.7% of the company’s shares are sold short. Approximately 0.7% of the company’s shares are sold short. Based on an average daily volume of 241,654 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.8 days.

Invesco DB Agriculture Fund Stock Performance

NYSEARCA:DBA traded down $0.03 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $26.02. The company had a trading volume of 193,382 shares, compared to its average volume of 277,574. Invesco DB Agriculture Fund has a fifty-two week low of $25.27 and a fifty-two week high of $28.01. The firm has a market cap of $732.46 million, a P/E ratio of 11.32 and a beta of 0.21. The business’s fifty day moving average is $25.74 and its two-hundred day moving average is $26.38.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of DBA. Quadrature Capital Ltd bought a new stake in Invesco DB Agriculture Fund in the 2nd quarter valued at $5,671,000. Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC raised its stake in shares of Invesco DB Agriculture Fund by 2.8% in the 2nd quarter. Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC now owns 43,381 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,134,000 after purchasing an additional 1,202 shares during the period. Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co. lifted its holdings in shares of Invesco DB Agriculture Fund by 130.6% in the second quarter. Duff & Phelps Investment Management Co. now owns 20,525 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $537,000 after purchasing an additional 11,625 shares in the last quarter. Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. boosted its position in shares of Invesco DB Agriculture Fund by 4.5% during the second quarter. Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. now owns 61,559 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,610,000 after buying an additional 2,658 shares during the period. Finally, Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. boosted its position in shares of Invesco DB Agriculture Fund by 1.3% during the second quarter. Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. now owns 168,400 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $4,404,000 after buying an additional 2,200 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 38.63% of the company’s stock.

Invesco DB Agriculture Fund Company Profile

PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund (the Fund) is a separate series of PowerShares DB Multi-Sector Commodity Trust (the Trust). The Fund’s subsidiary is DB Agriculture Master Fund (the Master Fund), a separate series of DB Multi-Sector Commodity Master Trust (the Master Trust). The Fund offers common units of beneficial interest (the Shares) only to certain eligible financial institutions (the Authorized Participants) in one or more blocks of 200,000 Shares, called a Basket. The proceeds from the offering of Shares are invested in the Master Fund.