Xtrackers MSCI EAFE High Dividend Yield Equity ETF (NYSEARCA:HDEF) Short Interest Update

Xtrackers MSCI EAFE High Dividend Yield Equity ETF (NYSEARCA:HDEF) was the recipient of a significant decline in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 35,009 shares, a decline of 66.5% from the April 15th total of 104,475 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 135,233 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.3 days. Approximately 0.1% of the company’s shares are short sold.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Xtrackers MSCI EAFE High Dividend Yield Equity ETF

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its holdings in Xtrackers MSCI EAFE High Dividend Yield Equity ETF by 52.9% during the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 245,734 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,230,000 after buying an additional 85,060 shares in the last quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC grew its holdings in Xtrackers MSCI EAFE High Dividend Yield Equity ETF by 2,672.2% during the fourth quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 338,763 shares of the company’s stock worth $10,498,000 after buying an additional 326,543 shares in the last quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors grew its holdings in Xtrackers MSCI EAFE High Dividend Yield Equity ETF by 16.7% during the second quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 48,997 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,414,000 after buying an additional 7,000 shares in the last quarter. ETF Portfolio Partners Inc. grew its holdings in Xtrackers MSCI EAFE High Dividend Yield Equity ETF by 2.6% during the fourth quarter. ETF Portfolio Partners Inc. now owns 295,184 shares of the company’s stock worth $9,148,000 after buying an additional 7,506 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Lodestone Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in Xtrackers MSCI EAFE High Dividend Yield Equity ETF during the fourth quarter worth $165,000.

Xtrackers MSCI EAFE High Dividend Yield Equity ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA HDEF traded down $0.28 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $32.62. 95,251 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 186,823. The company has a market cap of $2.27 billion, a PE ratio of 13.71 and a beta of 0.56. Xtrackers MSCI EAFE High Dividend Yield Equity ETF has a one year low of $28.13 and a one year high of $34.26. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $32.57 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $31.76.

Xtrackers MSCI EAFE High Dividend Yield Equity ETF Company Profile

The Xtrackers MSCI EAFE High Dividend Yield Equity ETF (HDEF) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI EAFE High Dividend Yield index. The fund tracks a cap-weighted index of developed country stocks, ex-North America, selected by quality and dividend factors. HDEF was launched on Aug 12, 2015 and is managed by Xtrackers.