WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Fund (NYSEARCA:DEM) Short Interest Up 87.5% in May

WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Fund (NYSEARCA:DEM) was the target of a large increase in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,036,322 shares, an increase of 87.5% from the April 30th total of 552,593 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 169,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 6.1 days. Approximately 1.4% of the shares of the stock are short sold.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Fund

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Norris Financial Group LLC purchased a new stake in shares of WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Fund in the 1st quarter valued at $283,000. Western Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Fund in the 1st quarter valued at $73,000. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its stake in shares of WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Fund by 19.6% in the 1st quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 7,100,731 shares of the company’s stock valued at $352,835,000 after purchasing an additional 1,165,485 shares in the last quarter. Hamilton Wealth LLC boosted its stake in shares of WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Fund by 94.2% in the 1st quarter. Hamilton Wealth LLC now owns 18,064 shares of the company’s stock valued at $898,000 after purchasing an additional 8,763 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Arkadios Wealth Advisors boosted its stake in shares of WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Fund by 8.8% in the 1st quarter. Arkadios Wealth Advisors now owns 11,195 shares of the company’s stock valued at $556,000 after purchasing an additional 909 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 58.33% of the company’s stock.

WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Fund Price Performance

DEM stock opened at $55.89 on Tuesday. WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Fund has a one year low of $43.70 and a one year high of $56.09. The stock has a market cap of $4.00 billion, a PE ratio of 9.40 and a beta of 0.54. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $52.08 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $49.74.

WisdomTree Emerging Markets High Dividend Fund Company Profile

WisdomTree Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund (the Fund) seeks investment results that closely correspond to the price and yield performance of the WisdomTree Emerging Markets Equity Income Index (the Index). The Index is a fundamentally weighted index that measures the performance of the highest dividend yielding stocks selected from the WisdomTree Emerging Markets Dividend Index. At the index measurement date, companies within the WisdomTree Emerging Markets Dividend Index are ranked by dividend yield.