Barron’s 400 ETF (NYSEARCA:BFOR – Get Free Report) was the recipient of a large drop in short interest during the month of August. As of August 14th, there was short interest totaling 17,109 shares, a drop of 47.3% from the July 30th total of 32,465 shares. Currently, 0.2% of the company’s stock are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 57,221 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.3 days.
Institutional Inflows and Outflows
Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in BFOR. LPL Financial LLC grew its holdings in Barron’s 400 ETF by 1.3% in the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 13,453 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,108,000 after purchasing an additional 176 shares during the period. NewEdge Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Barron’s 400 ETF by 56.7% in the 1st quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 1,175 shares of the company’s stock valued at $82,000 after purchasing an additional 425 shares in the last quarter. Trilogy Capital Inc. lifted its stake in Barron’s 400 ETF by 1.4% during the first quarter. Trilogy Capital Inc. now owns 36,091 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,996,000 after purchasing an additional 501 shares during the last quarter. Bantamac Capital LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Barron’s 400 ETF by 7.7% in the 4th quarter. Bantamac Capital LLC now owns 10,767 shares of the company’s stock worth $887,000 after purchasing an additional 767 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Raymond James Financial Inc. boosted its stake in Barron’s 400 ETF by 38.7% during the 3rd quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 2,850 shares of the company’s stock valued at $231,000 after purchasing an additional 795 shares during the period.
Barron’s 400 ETF Stock Performance
BFOR opened at $23.99 on Tuesday. Barron’s 400 ETF has a one year low of $19.31 and a one year high of $24.65. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $23.87 and its 200-day simple moving average is $22.60. The stock has a market capitalization of $235.58 million, a P/E ratio of 16.61 and a beta of 1.01.
About Barron’s 400 ETF
The Barron’s 400 ETF (BFOR) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in total market equity. The fund tracks an equally weighted index comprising 400 US companies selected on fundamental parameters. BFOR was launched on Jun 4, 2013 and is managed by ALPS.
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