First Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF (NASDAQ:FIXD) Short Interest Update

First Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF (NASDAQ:FIXD) was the target of a large growth in short interest in the month of October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totalling 499,300 shares, a growth of 174.9% from the September 30th total of 181,600 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 755,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.7 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Signature Estate & Investment Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of First Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF by 11.3% during the second quarter. Signature Estate & Investment Advisors LLC now owns 7,530,581 shares of the company’s stock worth $324,192,000 after acquiring an additional 762,655 shares in the last quarter. Raymond James & Associates boosted its stake in First Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF by 8.3% in the 2nd quarter. Raymond James & Associates now owns 2,244,969 shares of the company’s stock worth $96,646,000 after purchasing an additional 171,517 shares during the period. Cetera Investment Advisers grew its holdings in First Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF by 90.9% during the 1st quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 1,606,270 shares of the company’s stock valued at $70,033,000 after buying an additional 764,778 shares in the last quarter. Coppell Advisory Solutions Corp. purchased a new position in First Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF during the 1st quarter valued at about $62,272,000. Finally, Pine Valley Investments Ltd Liability Co increased its position in shares of First Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF by 4.1% during the second quarter. Pine Valley Investments Ltd Liability Co now owns 1,343,025 shares of the company’s stock valued at $57,817,000 after buying an additional 52,522 shares during the period.

First Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF Stock Down 0.3 %

NASDAQ FIXD opened at $43.81 on Monday. First Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF has a 52 week low of $40.97 and a 52 week high of $46.80. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $44.95 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $43.86.

First Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 31st. Investors of record on Tuesday, October 22nd will be paid a dividend of $0.155 per share. This represents a $1.86 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.25%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, October 22nd.

First Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF Company Profile

The First Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF (FIXD) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the Bloomberg Global Aggregate Bond index. The fund is an actively managed, broad-based, and broad-maturity bond fund that aims for a weighted average duration within 1 year of the Bloomberg US Aggregate Index.