First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage ETF (NASDAQ:FTXG – Get Free Report) was the recipient of a significant growth in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 25,900 shares, a growth of 208.3% from the December 15th total of 8,400 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 11,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.3 days.
First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage ETF Stock Up 1.4 %
Shares of NASDAQ FTXG opened at $22.18 on Tuesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $22.18 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.00 and a beta of 0.60. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $23.73 and a 200 day moving average price of $24.42. First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage ETF has a 52 week low of $21.88 and a 52 week high of $26.05.
First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage ETF Increases Dividend
The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 31st. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 13th were given a dividend of $0.1965 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, December 13th. This is a boost from First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage ETF’s previous dividend of $0.18.
Institutional Investors Weigh In On First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage ETF
First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage ETF Company Profile
The First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage ETF (FTXG) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the Nasdaq US Smart Food & Beverage index. The fund follows a liquidity-selected, multi-factor-weighted index of US food & beverage companies. FTXG was launched on Sep 20, 2016 and is managed by First Trust.
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