Short Interest in Dimensional U.S. Small Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:DFAS) Declines By 24.3%

Dimensional U.S. Small Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:DFAS) was the target of a significant decrease in short interest during the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 136,317 shares, a decrease of 24.3% from the March 15th total of 179,970 shares. Currently, 0.1% of the shares of the stock are sold short. Based on an average trading volume of 640,687 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.2 days.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Dimensional U.S. Small Cap ETF

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in DFAS. Creative Planning grew its holdings in shares of Dimensional U.S. Small Cap ETF by 12.1% during the 3rd quarter. Creative Planning now owns 22,684,991 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,553,014,000 after purchasing an additional 2,456,531 shares during the last quarter. Northern Trust Corp boosted its position in Dimensional U.S. Small Cap ETF by 0.3% during the fourth quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 8,102,950 shares of the company’s stock valued at $564,533,000 after buying an additional 23,636 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its position in Dimensional U.S. Small Cap ETF by 6.3% during the third quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 6,609,555 shares of the company’s stock valued at $452,490,000 after buying an additional 392,795 shares during the period. Index Fund Advisors Inc. grew its stake in shares of Dimensional U.S. Small Cap ETF by 0.5% during the third quarter. Index Fund Advisors Inc. now owns 5,856,832 shares of the company’s stock valued at $400,959,000 after buying an additional 30,872 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Focus Partners Wealth grew its stake in shares of Dimensional U.S. Small Cap ETF by 3.4% during the fourth quarter. Focus Partners Wealth now owns 3,517,043 shares of the company’s stock valued at $245,032,000 after buying an additional 114,288 shares during the last quarter.

Dimensional U.S. Small Cap ETF Trading Up 0.4%

DFAS opened at $75.33 on Wednesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $13.58 billion, a P/E ratio of 15.89 and a beta of 1.05. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $73.30 and a 200-day moving average price of $71.26. Dimensional U.S. Small Cap ETF has a 12-month low of $53.94 and a 12-month high of $77.04.

Dimensional U.S. Small Cap ETF Company Profile

The Dimensional U.S. Small Cap ETF (DFAS) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in small-cap stocks. The fund actively invests in small-cap US companies, selected using multiple factors and weighted by market capitalization. DFAS was launched on Dec 15, 1998 and is managed by Dimensional.