Affinity World Leaders Equity ETF (BATS:WLDR) Sees Significant Drop in Short Interest

Posted by Joseph Casey on Oct 9th, 2026

Affinity World Leaders Equity ETF (BATS:WLDR – Get Free Report) was the target of a significant decrease in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totaling 5,583 shares, a decrease of 99.3% from the September 15th total of 839,283 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 57,806 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.1 days. Currently, 0.4% of the company’s stock are short sold.

Affinity World Leaders Equity ETF Trading Up 0.1%

Shares of WLDR traded up $0.03 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $46.96. The stock had a trading volume of 17,917 shares, compared to its average volume of 19,756. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $47.50 and a 200-day simple moving average of $44.55. Affinity World Leaders Equity ETF has a one year low of $34.65 and a one year high of $49.14. The firm has a market cap of $58.70 million, a PE ratio of 16.51 and a beta of 0.95.

Affinity World Leaders Equity ETF Cuts Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 25th. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 18th were issued a $0.0899 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, September 18th. This represents a $0.36 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.8%. This is a decrease from Affinity World Leaders Equity ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.1926.

Institutional Trading of Affinity World Leaders Equity ETF

An institutional investor recently raised its position in Affinity World Leaders Equity ETF stock. Cetera Investment Advisers lifted its holdings in shares of Affinity World Leaders Equity ETF (BATS:WLDR – Free Report) by 27.1% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 10,790 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 2,300 shares during the quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers owned 0.86% of Affinity World Leaders Equity ETF worth $401,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Affinity World Leaders Equity ETF Company Profile

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The Affinity World Leaders Equity ETF (WLDR) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in total market equity. The fund tracks an index of multi-factor-selected securities from the developed markets, weighted in accordance with a proprietary risk model. WLDR was launched on Jan 17, 2018 and is managed by Affinity.