First Trust Active Global Quality Income ETF (NYSEARCA:AGQI) Short Interest Up 85.3% in February

First Trust Active Global Quality Income ETF (NYSEARCA:AGQI) was the recipient of a significant growth in short interest during the month of February. As of February 13th, there was short interest totaling 19,194 shares, a growth of 85.3% from the January 29th total of 10,356 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 8,014 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.4 days. Currently, 0.6% of the company’s shares are short sold. Currently, 0.6% of the company’s shares are short sold. Based on an average trading volume of 8,014 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.4 days.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On First Trust Active Global Quality Income ETF

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Prospera Financial Services Inc acquired a new stake in shares of First Trust Active Global Quality Income ETF in the third quarter worth $783,000. Global Retirement Partners LLC acquired a new position in shares of First Trust Active Global Quality Income ETF during the 4th quarter valued at $547,000. Jane Street Group LLC purchased a new stake in First Trust Active Global Quality Income ETF during the 1st quarter worth $380,000. Flow Traders U.S. LLC purchased a new stake in First Trust Active Global Quality Income ETF during the 2nd quarter worth $324,000. Finally, Virtu Financial LLC increased its holdings in First Trust Active Global Quality Income ETF by 152.2% in the 4th quarter. Virtu Financial LLC now owns 26,720 shares of the company’s stock valued at $441,000 after purchasing an additional 16,124 shares in the last quarter.

First Trust Active Global Quality Income ETF Trading Down 0.2%

NYSEARCA:AGQI traded down $0.03 on Friday, hitting $18.26. 1,764 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 8,079. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $17.36 and a 200-day moving average of $16.52. The stock has a market cap of $60.81 million, a PE ratio of 18.15 and a beta of 0.91. First Trust Active Global Quality Income ETF has a fifty-two week low of $12.44 and a fifty-two week high of $18.36.

First Trust Active Global Quality Income ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, December 31st. Investors of record on Friday, December 12th were given a dividend of $0.0772 per share. This is a boost from First Trust Active Global Quality Income ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.05. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, December 12th. This represents a $0.31 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.7%.

First Trust Active Global Quality Income ETF Company Profile

The First Trust Active Global Quality Income ETF -VIII- (AGQI) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in total market equity. The fund is an actively managed portfolio of globally listed dividend-paying equities selected using fundamental analysis. The fund seeks to provide income with the potential for long-term capital appreciation AGQI was launched on Sep 24, 2015 and is issued by First Trust.