ProShares MSCI EAFE Dividend Growers ETF (BATS:EFAD – Get Free Report) was the target of a large increase in short interest in the month of August. As of August 14th, there was short interest totaling 4,806 shares, an increase of 141.4% from the July 30th total of 1,991 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 4,734 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.0 days. Approximately 0.3% of the shares of the company are short sold.
Institutional Investors Weigh In On ProShares MSCI EAFE Dividend Growers ETF
A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in EFAD. Raymond James Financial Inc. grew its holdings in ProShares MSCI EAFE Dividend Growers ETF by 2.9% in the 3rd quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 155,466 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,553,000 after buying an additional 4,389 shares in the last quarter. Key Financial Inc boosted its position in ProShares MSCI EAFE Dividend Growers ETF by 38.7% during the 1st quarter. Key Financial Inc now owns 92,671 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,794,000 after acquiring an additional 25,871 shares during the period. Nations Financial Group Inc. IA ADV boosted its position in ProShares MSCI EAFE Dividend Growers ETF by 2.9% during the 1st quarter. Nations Financial Group Inc. IA ADV now owns 80,054 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,278,000 after acquiring an additional 2,269 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its position in ProShares MSCI EAFE Dividend Growers ETF by 7.5% during the 3rd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 61,868 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,608,000 after acquiring an additional 4,307 shares during the period. Finally, Anson Capital Inc. grew its stake in shares of ProShares MSCI EAFE Dividend Growers ETF by 110.9% in the second quarter. Anson Capital Inc. now owns 44,642 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,913,000 after purchasing an additional 23,473 shares in the last quarter.
ProShares MSCI EAFE Dividend Growers ETF Stock Down 0.2%
ProShares MSCI EAFE Dividend Growers ETF stock opened at $45.16 on Friday. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $43.74 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $42.82. The firm has a market capitalization of $74.97 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.63 and a beta of 0.77. ProShares MSCI EAFE Dividend Growers ETF has a 52-week low of $39.53 and a 52-week high of $45.58.
ProShares MSCI EAFE Dividend Growers ETF Company Profile
The ProShares MSCI EAFE Dividend Growers ETF (EFAD) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI EAFE Dividend Masters index. The fund tracks an equally weighted broad-market index of developed-market companies, ex-North America, that have raised their dividend for each of the past 10 years. EFAD was launched on Aug 19, 2014 and is managed by ProShares.
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