First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FNX) Short Interest Update

First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FNX) saw a significant decline in short interest during the month of November. As of November 30th, there was short interest totalling 4,100 shares, a decline of 90.5% from the November 15th total of 43,200 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 19,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.2 days.

First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund Stock Up 0.3 %

Shares of First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund stock traded up $0.38 during trading on Wednesday, hitting $123.09. 10,503 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 25,892. First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund has a fifty-two week low of $97.75 and a fifty-two week high of $127.98. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $120.40 and a 200 day moving average price of $114.68. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.32 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.43 and a beta of 1.20.

First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 30th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, September 26th were issued a $0.4808 dividend. This represents a $1.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.56%. This is a boost from First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.44. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, September 26th.

Institutional Trading of First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. National Bank of Canada FI raised its stake in First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund by 9,554.2% in the 3rd quarter. National Bank of Canada FI now owns 191,926 shares of the company’s stock valued at $22,484,000 after purchasing an additional 189,938 shares during the last quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC raised its position in shares of First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund by 10,294.5% in the third quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 184,607 shares of the company’s stock valued at $21,627,000 after buying an additional 182,831 shares during the last quarter. Atria Wealth Solutions Inc. lifted its stake in shares of First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund by 2,399.0% during the second quarter. Atria Wealth Solutions Inc. now owns 64,024 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,948,000 after buying an additional 61,462 shares during the period. Benjamin Edwards Inc. purchased a new position in shares of First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund during the third quarter valued at approximately $7,113,000. Finally, Sanctuary Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $5,757,000.

About First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund

The First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund (FNX) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the NASDAQ AlphaDEX Mid Cap Core index. The fund tracks a tiered equal-weighted index of US mid-cap equities selected using both growth and value screens. FNX was launched on May 8, 2007 and is managed by First Trust.