Astoria US Quality Kings ETF (NASDAQ:ROE) Short Interest Up 531.3% in May

Astoria US Quality Kings ETF (NASDAQ:ROE) was the recipient of a significant increase in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totalling 20,200 shares, an increase of 531.3% from the April 30th total of 3,200 shares. Approximately 0.4% of the company’s stock are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 32,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.6 days.

Astoria US Quality Kings ETF Trading Down 0.1%

ROE opened at $30.77 on Friday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $29.22 and a 200-day moving average price of $30.46. Astoria US Quality Kings ETF has a 12 month low of $25.42 and a 12 month high of $32.41. The firm has a market cap of $169.54 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.04 and a beta of 1.00.

Astoria US Quality Kings ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 31st. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 28th were given a dividend of $0.0448 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, March 28th.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Astoria US Quality Kings ETF

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Burkett Financial Services LLC acquired a new position in shares of Astoria US Quality Kings ETF during the first quarter valued at about $31,000. Quest 10 Wealth Builders Inc. grew its position in Astoria US Quality Kings ETF by 42.2% during the 1st quarter. Quest 10 Wealth Builders Inc. now owns 1,170 shares of the company’s stock worth $34,000 after purchasing an additional 347 shares during the last quarter. Kestra Investment Management LLC acquired a new position in Astoria US Quality Kings ETF during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $39,000. New Wave Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of Astoria US Quality Kings ETF in the fourth quarter worth $74,000. Finally, Comerica Bank purchased a new position in shares of Astoria US Quality Kings ETF in the fourth quarter worth $114,000.

About Astoria US Quality Kings ETF

The Astoria US Quality Kings ETF (ROE) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in total market equity. The fund is an actively managed ETF that provides long-term capital appreciation by investing in 100 high-quality US stocks in the large- and mid-cap space based on proprietary quantitative screens.