JPMorgan Equity Focus ETF (NASDAQ:JPEF) Shares Shorted: Short Interest Down 50.3% in September

JPMorgan Equity Focus ETF (NASDAQ:JPEF) saw a significant decline in short interest in the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totaling 22,727 shares, a decline of 50.3% from the September 15th total of 45,719 shares. Approximately 0.1% of the shares of the company are sold short. Based on an average trading volume of 53,533 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.4 days.

Institutional Trading of JPMorgan Equity Focus ETF

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Avantax Planning Partners Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of JPMorgan Equity Focus ETF during the 1st quarter worth $128,384,000. Cetera Investment Advisers lifted its position in JPMorgan Equity Focus ETF by 94.9% during the first quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 1,075,233 shares of the company’s stock worth $77,212,000 after purchasing an additional 523,563 shares during the period. Leverty Financial Group LLC lifted its position in JPMorgan Equity Focus ETF by 2.5% during the third quarter. Leverty Financial Group LLC now owns 354,233 shares of the company’s stock worth $28,789,000 after purchasing an additional 8,610 shares during the period. Royal Bank of Canada lifted its position in JPMorgan Equity Focus ETF by 11.6% during the first quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 259,526 shares of the company’s stock worth $18,636,000 after purchasing an additional 27,048 shares during the period. Finally, Kestra Advisory Services LLC grew its stake in JPMorgan Equity Focus ETF by 10.0% during the first quarter. Kestra Advisory Services LLC now owns 110,349 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,924,000 after buying an additional 10,027 shares in the last quarter.

JPMorgan Equity Focus ETF Stock Performance

Shares of JPEF stock traded down $1.07 on Wednesday, hitting $81.73. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 96,842 shares, compared to its average volume of 107,771. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $81.70 and its 200-day moving average is $79.64. JPMorgan Equity Focus ETF has a fifty-two week low of $69.68 and a fifty-two week high of $83.41. The company has a market capitalization of $2.03 billion, a PE ratio of 26.67 and a beta of 0.96.

JPMorgan Equity Focus ETF Company Profile

The JPMorgan Equity Focus ETF (JPEF) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in total market equity. The fund is an actively managed ETF that provides exposure to a narrow basket of US stocks. Selection integrates ESG factors to their bottom-up fundamental analysis. JPEF was launched on Jul 28, 2023 and is issued by JPMorgan Chase.