Small Cap Growth Alpha ETF (NASDAQ:JSML) Sees Significant Growth in Short Interest

Small Cap Growth Alpha ETF (NASDAQ:JSML) saw a large increase in short interest in March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 13,550 shares, an increase of 46.5% from the March 15th total of 9,252 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 13,577 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.0 days. Approximately 0.3% of the shares of the stock are short sold.

Institutional Trading of Small Cap Growth Alpha ETF

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of JSML. IHT Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in Small Cap Growth Alpha ETF during the 2nd quarter valued at about $247,000. Fidelity D & D Bancorp Inc. grew its stake in Small Cap Growth Alpha ETF by 27.2% during the 2nd quarter. Fidelity D & D Bancorp Inc. now owns 25,067 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,691,000 after acquiring an additional 5,357 shares in the last quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. grew its stake in Small Cap Growth Alpha ETF by 328.2% during the 2nd quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 668 shares of the company’s stock valued at $45,000 after acquiring an additional 512 shares in the last quarter. HF Advisory Group LLC grew its stake in Small Cap Growth Alpha ETF by 11.3% during the 3rd quarter. HF Advisory Group LLC now owns 11,698 shares of the company’s stock valued at $875,000 after acquiring an additional 1,189 shares in the last quarter. Finally, KWB Wealth grew its stake in Small Cap Growth Alpha ETF by 34.1% during the 3rd quarter. KWB Wealth now owns 8,332 shares of the company’s stock valued at $623,000 after acquiring an additional 2,117 shares in the last quarter.

Small Cap Growth Alpha ETF Price Performance

NASDAQ JSML traded up $0.03 during trading hours on Wednesday, hitting $78.38. 11,022 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 24,685. Small Cap Growth Alpha ETF has a 52-week low of $54.65 and a 52-week high of $79.42. The company has a market capitalization of $304.11 million, a PE ratio of 18.21 and a beta of 1.23. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $73.43 and its 200-day moving average is $74.46.

Small Cap Growth Alpha ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, April 7th. Investors of record on Tuesday, March 31st were paid a dividend of $0.0423 per share. This represents a $0.17 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, March 31st.

Small Cap Growth Alpha ETF Company Profile

The Janus Henderson Small Cap Growth Alpha ETF (JSML) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the Janus Small Cap Growth Alpha index. The fund tracks a market cap-weighted index of US small cap stocks selected by fundamental measures of growth, profitability and capital efficiency. Weighting relies on the actively-managed Janus Venture Fund. JSML was launched on Feb 25, 2016 and is managed by Janus Henderson.