WisdomTree U.S. Total Dividend Fund (NYSEARCA:DTD) Short Interest Up 31.5% in April

WisdomTree U.S. Total Dividend Fund (NYSEARCA:DTD) saw a significant increase in short interest during the month of April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totaling 19,308 shares, an increase of 31.5% from the March 31st total of 14,679 shares. Currently, 0.1% of the shares of the company are sold short. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 27,203 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.7 days.

WisdomTree U.S. Total Dividend Fund Stock Performance

Shares of DTD traded up $0.15 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $91.46. 2,119 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 27,292. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $88.34 and its 200-day moving average price is $86.62. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.58 billion, a P/E ratio of 19.40 and a beta of 0.79. WisdomTree U.S. Total Dividend Fund has a 12 month low of $74.56 and a 12 month high of $91.44.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in DTD. Retirement Planning Group LLC increased its stake in shares of WisdomTree U.S. Total Dividend Fund by 8,896.7% during the third quarter. Retirement Planning Group LLC now owns 232,026 shares of the company’s stock valued at $19,490,000 after acquiring an additional 229,447 shares during the period. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC acquired a new position in shares of WisdomTree U.S. Total Dividend Fund during the third quarter valued at approximately $11,508,000. Morgan Stanley increased its stake in shares of WisdomTree U.S. Total Dividend Fund by 4.7% during the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 1,162,988 shares of the company’s stock valued at $98,714,000 after acquiring an additional 52,594 shares during the period. Susquehanna International Group LLP increased its stake in shares of WisdomTree U.S. Total Dividend Fund by 734.2% during the third quarter. Susquehanna International Group LLP now owns 47,967 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,029,000 after acquiring an additional 42,217 shares during the period. Finally, LPL Financial LLC increased its stake in shares of WisdomTree U.S. Total Dividend Fund by 4.9% during the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 838,532 shares of the company’s stock valued at $71,175,000 after acquiring an additional 39,238 shares during the period.

WisdomTree U.S. Total Dividend Fund Company Profile

The WisdomTree U.S. Total Dividend Fund (DTD) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the WisdomTree Dividend index. The fund tracks an index of US companies selected and weighted based on the dollar amount of dividends paid. DTD was launched on Jun 16, 2006 and is managed by WisdomTree.