WisdomTree Emerging Markets Quality Dividend Growth Fund (NASDAQ:DGRE) Short Interest Up 146.3% in August

WisdomTree Emerging Markets Quality Dividend Growth Fund (NASDAQ:DGRE) saw a large growth in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 13,300 shares, a growth of 146.3% from the August 15th total of 5,400 shares. Currently, 0.3% of the company’s stock are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 13,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.0 days. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 13,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.0 days. Currently, 0.3% of the company’s stock are short sold.

WisdomTree Emerging Markets Quality Dividend Growth Fund Price Performance

Shares of DGRE traded up $0.24 during mid-day trading on Monday, reaching $28.92. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 246 shares, compared to its average volume of 17,079. WisdomTree Emerging Markets Quality Dividend Growth Fund has a 12-month low of $21.86 and a 12-month high of $29.57. The stock has a market cap of $138.82 million, a PE ratio of 15.43 and a beta of 0.78. The company’s 50 day moving average is $27.81 and its 200 day moving average is $26.31.

WisdomTree Emerging Markets Quality Dividend Growth Fund Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 27th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, June 25th were issued a $0.175 dividend. This represents a $0.70 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.4%. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, June 25th. This is an increase from WisdomTree Emerging Markets Quality Dividend Growth Fund’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.10.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in DGRE. OLD Mission Capital LLC raised its stake in WisdomTree Emerging Markets Quality Dividend Growth Fund by 341.8% during the 1st quarter. OLD Mission Capital LLC now owns 429,267 shares of the company’s stock valued at $10,435,000 after acquiring an additional 332,107 shares during the last quarter. Strive Asset Management LLC acquired a new position in WisdomTree Emerging Markets Quality Dividend Growth Fund during the 4th quarter worth approximately $1,549,000. Flow Traders U.S. LLC acquired a new position in WisdomTree Emerging Markets Quality Dividend Growth Fund during the 1st quarter worth approximately $653,000. Finally, Exchange Capital Management Inc. increased its position in WisdomTree Emerging Markets Quality Dividend Growth Fund by 9.0% during the 2nd quarter. Exchange Capital Management Inc. now owns 38,909 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,073,000 after purchasing an additional 3,206 shares during the period.

About WisdomTree Emerging Markets Quality Dividend Growth Fund

The WisdomTree Emerging Markets Quality Dividend Growth Fund (DGRE) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in total market equity. The fund is an actively managed portfolio of dividend-paying emerging-market stocks with growth characteristics. The fund seeks income and capital appreciation. DGRE was launched on Aug 1, 2013 and is managed by WisdomTree.