ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF (NYSEARCA:SDOG) Short Interest Update

ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF (NYSEARCA:SDOG) was the target of a significant increase in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 37,922 shares, an increase of 63.5% from the August 15th total of 23,199 shares. Approximately 0.2% of the company’s shares are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 17,866 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.1 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Compass Financial Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF in the second quarter valued at $28,000. Phillip James Consulting Co. acquired a new stake in ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF in the 1st quarter worth about $36,000. SOA Wealth Advisors LLC. grew its holdings in ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF by 258.1% in the 1st quarter. SOA Wealth Advisors LLC. now owns 555 shares of the company’s stock valued at $36,000 after buying an additional 400 shares during the period. Cullen Frost Bankers Inc. grew its holdings in ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF by 26.9% in the 4th quarter. Cullen Frost Bankers Inc. now owns 1,198 shares of the company’s stock valued at $72,000 after buying an additional 254 shares during the period. Finally, Western Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF during the 1st quarter valued at about $152,000.

ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF Stock Performance

Shares of SDOG opened at $71.27 on Thursday. ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF has a 1 year low of $57.70 and a 1 year high of $74.73. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $72.38 and its 200 day simple moving average is $68.73. The company has a market capitalization of $1.41 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.06 and a beta of 0.70.

ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF Company Profile

The ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF (SDOG) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the S-Network Sector Dividend Dogs index. The fund tracks an equal-weighted index of the five highest-yielding S&P 500 securities in each sector. SDOG was launched on Jun 29, 2012 and is managed by ALPS.