Short Interest in WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund (NASDAQ:DGRS) Expands By 152.7%

WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund (NASDAQ:DGRS) saw a large growth in short interest in May. As of May 29th, there was short interest totaling 9,523 shares, a growth of 152.7% from the May 14th total of 3,769 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 29,648 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.3 days. Approximately 0.1% of the shares of the company are short sold.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of DGRS. Jones Financial Companies Lllp increased its holdings in WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund by 24.2% in the 3rd quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 6,001 shares of the company’s stock worth $301,000 after buying an additional 1,171 shares in the last quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. bought a new stake in WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund in the 3rd quarter worth about $314,000. Arkadios Wealth Advisors increased its holdings in WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund by 17.7% in the 1st quarter. Arkadios Wealth Advisors now owns 8,233 shares of the company’s stock worth $436,000 after buying an additional 1,237 shares in the last quarter. First National Bank Sioux Falls bought a new stake in WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund in the 4th quarter worth about $436,000. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its holdings in WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund by 2.1% in the 2nd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 14,487 shares of the company’s stock worth $674,000 after buying an additional 293 shares in the last quarter.

WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund Price Performance

NASDAQ DGRS traded up $0.44 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $58.42. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 15,756 shares, compared to its average volume of 30,147. WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund has a 12 month low of $45.13 and a 12 month high of $58.85. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $55.95 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $53.78. The company has a market cap of $394.93 million, a P/E ratio of 12.34 and a beta of 0.98.

WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund Company Profile

The WisdomTree U.S. SmallCap Quality Dividend Growth Fund (DGRS) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in small-cap stocks. The fund tracks a dividend-weighted index of US small-cap stocks with growth characteristics. DGRS was launched on Jul 25, 2013 and is managed by WisdomTree.