Short Interest in Dimensional U.S. Small Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:DFAS) Increases By 107.5%

Dimensional U.S. Small Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:DFAS) was the target of a significant growth in short interest in July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 276,270 shares, a growth of 107.5% from the June 30th total of 133,147 shares. Approximately 0.1% of the shares of the stock are sold short. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 606,164 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.5 days.

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

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in DFAS. Creative Planning lifted its stake in Dimensional U.S. Small Cap ETF by 12.1% in 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. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. grew its stake in shares of Dimensional U.S. Small Cap ETF by 300.2% during the fourth quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 2,378,611 shares of the company’s stock worth $165,718,000 after buying an additional 1,784,207 shares during the last quarter. Evanson Financial LLC bought a new stake in shares of Dimensional U.S. Small Cap ETF during the second quarter worth $100,273,000. Vise Technologies Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Dimensional U.S. Small Cap ETF by 216.8% during the fourth quarter. Vise Technologies Inc. now owns 1,257,727 shares of the company’s stock worth $87,626,000 after buying an additional 860,746 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE increased its holdings in shares of Dimensional U.S. Small Cap ETF by 15.7% during the second quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 6,216,760 shares of the company’s stock worth $396,070,000 after buying an additional 841,620 shares in the last quarter.

Dimensional U.S. Small Cap ETF Stock Up 0.8%

Dimensional U.S. Small Cap ETF stock opened at $81.17 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $15.29 billion, a PE ratio of 15.89 and a beta of 1.01. Dimensional U.S. Small Cap ETF has a 12-month low of $62.61 and a 12-month high of $82.91. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $80.21 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $76.46.

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.