First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FDT) Short Interest Down 94.8% in April

First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FDT - Get Free Report) was the recipient of a large decline in short interest in the month of April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totalling 700 shares, a decline of 94.8% from the March 31st total of 13,500 shares. Currently, 0.0% of the shares of the company are short sold. Based on an average trading volume of 40,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.0 days.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Mainsail Financial Group LLC raised its position in shares of First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund by 6.3% during the 4th quarter. Mainsail Financial Group LLC now owns 76,769 shares of the company's stock valued at $4,152,000 after purchasing an additional 4,567 shares during the period. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC raised its holdings in First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund by 35.8% during the fourth quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 32,515 shares of the company's stock valued at $1,758,000 after acquiring an additional 8,570 shares during the period. Gateway Wealth Partners LLC lifted its position in shares of First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund by 6.9% in the fourth quarter. Gateway Wealth Partners LLC now owns 28,720 shares of the company's stock valued at $1,553,000 after acquiring an additional 1,863 shares in the last quarter. Iams Wealth Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund by 2.0% in the fourth quarter. Iams Wealth Management LLC now owns 22,556 shares of the company's stock worth $1,220,000 after acquiring an additional 441 shares during the period. Finally, Arkadios Wealth Advisors grew its position in shares of First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund by 130.5% during the fourth quarter. Arkadios Wealth Advisors now owns 9,463 shares of the company's stock worth $512,000 after purchasing an additional 5,358 shares in the last quarter.

First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund Trading Up 0.4 %

First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund stock traded up $0.24 during trading on Friday, reaching $60.61. The company had a trading volume of 28,431 shares, compared to its average volume of 41,222. The firm has a market capitalization of $438.82 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.11 and a beta of 0.96. The firm's 50-day simple moving average is $58.20 and its 200 day simple moving average is $56.56. First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund has a 52 week low of $50.47 and a 52 week high of $61.02.

First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund Cuts Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 31st. Stockholders of record on Thursday, March 27th were given a dividend of $0.1074 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, March 27th. This represents a $0.43 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.71%.

About First Trust Developed Markets ex-US AlphaDEX Fund

The First Trust Developed Markets Ex-US AlphaDEX Fund (FDT) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the NASDAQ AlphaDEX DM Ex-US index. The fund tracks an index of international, developed-market stocks, selected by growth and value factors and equal-weighted in tiers. FDT was launched on Apr 18, 2011 and is managed by First Trust.

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