Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF (NASDAQ:JSMD) Sees Large Growth in Short Interest

Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF (NASDAQ:JSMD) was the target of a large increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 29,700 shares, an increase of 306.8% from the December 15th total of 7,300 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 24,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.2 days.

Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF Stock Up 0.1 %

Shares of JSMD stock traded up $0.10 during trading hours on Monday, hitting $75.70. 25,189 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 70,456. The firm has a market cap of $431.49 million, a PE ratio of 15.84 and a beta of 1.17. Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF has a 1 year low of $62.60 and a 1 year high of $83.23. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $78.29 and a 200 day moving average of $73.04.

Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 27th. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 20th were issued a dividend of $0.4041 per share. This is a positive change from Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.04. This represents a $1.62 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.14%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, December 20th.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. FMR LLC raised its holdings in Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF by 18.7% in the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 946 shares of the company’s stock valued at $69,000 after buying an additional 149 shares during the period. Creative Financial Designs Inc. ADV raised its holdings in Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF by 10.4% in the third quarter. Creative Financial Designs Inc. ADV now owns 1,608 shares of the company’s stock valued at $117,000 after buying an additional 151 shares during the period. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC raised its holdings in Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF by 0.8% in the third quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 48,479 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,520,000 after buying an additional 362 shares during the period. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans raised its holdings in Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF by 2.4% in the second quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 21,270 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,415,000 after buying an additional 505 shares during the period. Finally, Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC raised its holdings in Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF by 10.5% in the third quarter. Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC now owns 9,104 shares of the company’s stock valued at $661,000 after buying an additional 866 shares during the period.

Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF Company Profile

The Janus Henderson Small\u002FMid Cap Growth Alpha ETF (JSMD) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the Janus Small Mid Cap Growth Alpha index. The fund tracks an index of US small- and mid-cap stocks with strong fundamental measures of growth, profitability and capital efficiency. Weighting relies on the actively-managed Janus Triton Fund.