First Trust Small Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FYC – Get Free Report) was the target of a significant growth in short interest in the month of October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totalling 21,300 shares, a growth of 26.8% from the September 30th total of 16,800 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 20,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.0 days.
First Trust Small Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund Price Performance
Shares of First Trust Small Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund stock traded down $0.04 on Wednesday, reaching $75.79. 9,303 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 20,145. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $72.96 and its 200-day moving average price is $68.74. First Trust Small Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund has a 1-year low of $51.39 and a 1-year high of $76.50. The company has a market cap of $352.42 million, a P/E ratio of 15.06 and a beta of 1.19.
First Trust Small Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund Increases Dividend
The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 30th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, September 26th were given a dividend of $0.344 per share. This is a boost from First Trust Small Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.07. This represents a $1.38 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.82%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, September 26th.
Institutional Inflows and Outflows
First Trust Small Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund Company Profile
The First Trust Small Cap Growth AlphaDEX Fund (FYC) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the NASDAQ AlphaDEX Small Cap Growth index. The fund tracks a quant-driven index that select stocks from a small-cap growth universe in an attempt to outperform the market. FYC was launched on Apr 18, 2011 and is managed by First Trust.
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