VanEck Morningstar International Moat ETF (BATS:MOTI) Short Interest Up 108.8% in June

VanEck Morningstar International Moat ETF (BATS:MOTI) saw a significant growth in short interest in June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 22,342 shares, a growth of 108.8% from the May 31st total of 10,702 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 22,483 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.0 days. Approximately 0.4% of the shares of the stock are short sold.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. RiverFront Investment Group LLC lifted its stake in VanEck Morningstar International Moat ETF by 4.3% in the fourth quarter. RiverFront Investment Group LLC now owns 975,633 shares of the company’s stock valued at $35,786,000 after buying an additional 40,512 shares during the period. Turning Point Benefit Group Inc. grew its position in shares of VanEck Morningstar International Moat ETF by 169.8% during the 3rd quarter. Turning Point Benefit Group Inc. now owns 61,685 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,315,000 after buying an additional 38,824 shares during the period. MCF Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of VanEck Morningstar International Moat ETF in the 4th quarter valued at about $1,226,000. LPL Financial LLC increased its stake in shares of VanEck Morningstar International Moat ETF by 9.4% in the 4th quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 267,817 shares of the company’s stock valued at $9,824,000 after acquiring an additional 23,049 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Jane Street Group LLC raised its position in shares of VanEck Morningstar International Moat ETF by 199.8% in the 2nd quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 30,226 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,048,000 after acquiring an additional 20,143 shares during the period.

VanEck Morningstar International Moat ETF Price Performance

Shares of VanEck Morningstar International Moat ETF stock opened at $33.22 on Tuesday. The firm has a market cap of $171.08 million, a P/E ratio of 19.33 and a beta of 0.74. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $34.54 and a 200 day simple moving average of $36.00. VanEck Morningstar International Moat ETF has a fifty-two week low of $32.66 and a fifty-two week high of $39.49.

VanEck Morningstar International Moat ETF Company Profile

The VanEck Morningstar International Moat ETF (MOTI) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the Morningstar Global ex-US Moat Focus index. The fund tracks an equal-weighted index of 50 non-US companies that Morningstar deems to have a sustainable competitive advantage and an attractive valuation. MOTI was launched on Jul 14, 2015 and is managed by VanEck.