Short Interest in ALPS International Sector Dividend Dogs ETF (NYSEARCA:IDOG) Declines By 52.6%

ALPS International Sector Dividend Dogs ETF (NYSEARCA:IDOG) saw a large drop in short interest in the month of April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totaling 16,723 shares, a drop of 52.6% from the April 15th total of 35,301 shares. Currently, 0.1% of the company’s shares are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 28,274 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.6 days.

ALPS International Sector Dividend Dogs ETF Stock Performance

Shares of IDOG stock traded down $0.68 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $42.81. 19,781 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 36,969. ALPS International Sector Dividend Dogs ETF has a fifty-two week low of $32.71 and a fifty-two week high of $43.77. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $42.10 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $40.20. The firm has a market cap of $530.84 million, a P/E ratio of 11.22 and a beta of 0.58.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On ALPS International Sector Dividend Dogs ETF

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of IDOG. Baird Financial Group Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of ALPS International Sector Dividend Dogs ETF by 5.6% in the 2nd quarter. Baird Financial Group Inc. now owns 17,894 shares of the company’s stock worth $607,000 after purchasing an additional 950 shares in the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of ALPS International Sector Dividend Dogs ETF by 24.5% in the 2nd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 95,999 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,256,000 after purchasing an additional 18,915 shares in the last quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp lifted its holdings in shares of ALPS International Sector Dividend Dogs ETF by 21.2% in the 3rd quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 46,158 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,639,000 after purchasing an additional 8,069 shares in the last quarter. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of ALPS International Sector Dividend Dogs ETF by 6,131.8% in the 4th quarter. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. now owns 1,371 shares of the company’s stock worth $53,000 after purchasing an additional 1,349 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Basepoint Wealth LLC bought a new position in shares of ALPS International Sector Dividend Dogs ETF in the 4th quarter worth $36,000.

About ALPS International Sector Dividend Dogs ETF

The ALPS International Sector Dividend Dogs ETF (IDOG) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in large cap equity. The fund tracks an equal-weighted index that selects the five companies with the highest dividend yield in each of the 10 GICS sectors from international developed markets. IDOG was launched on Jun 27, 2013 and is managed by ALPS.