First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF (NASDAQ:IFV – Get Rating) saw a large increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 92,200 shares, an increase of 149.2% from the January 15th total of 37,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 123,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.7 days.

Institutional Trading of First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Vestmark Advisory Solutions Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF by 39.1% in the 3rd quarter. Vestmark Advisory Solutions Inc. now owns 26,069 shares of the company's stock valued at $420,000 after buying an additional 7,331 shares during the period. Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF by 9.3% in the 3rd quarter. Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc. now owns 769,872 shares of the company's stock valued at $12,403,000 after buying an additional 65,444 shares during the period. International Assets Investment Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF in the 4th quarter valued at about $1,189,000. Barnes Pettey Financial Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF by 41.3% in the 4th quarter. Barnes Pettey Financial Advisors LLC now owns 52,679 shares of the company's stock valued at $881,000 after buying an additional 15,398 shares during the period. Finally, Onyx Bridge Wealth Group LLC acquired a new position in shares of First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF in the 4th quarter valued at about $2,225,000.

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First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF Stock Performance

IFV traded up $0.06 on Friday, reaching $17.31. 41,985 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 107,714. The company's 50-day moving average price is $17.09 and its 200 day moving average price is $17.15. First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF has a fifty-two week low of $15.52 and a fifty-two week high of $22.67.

First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 30th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 27th were given a dividend of $0.142 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, December 23rd. This represents a $0.57 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.28%. This is a boost from First Trust Dorsey Wright International Focus 5 ETF's previous quarterly dividend of $0.10.

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