WisdomTree Emerging Markets SmallCap Dividend Fund (NYSEARCA:DGS) Short Interest Up 61.7% in July

WisdomTree Emerging Markets SmallCap Dividend Fund (NYSEARCA:DGS) was the recipient of a significant growth in short interest in the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totaling 161,491 shares, a growth of 61.7% from the June 30th total of 99,856 shares. Approximately 0.6% of the shares of the stock are sold short. Based on an average daily volume of 39,211 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 4.1 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Captrust Financial Advisors raised its position in WisdomTree Emerging Markets SmallCap Dividend Fund by 3.4% in the fourth quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 400,298 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $22,913,000 after acquiring an additional 13,043 shares in the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. boosted its position in shares of WisdomTree Emerging Markets SmallCap Dividend Fund by 160.4% during the 3rd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 371,772 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $21,228,000 after purchasing an additional 229,008 shares in the last quarter. Portland Global Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of WisdomTree Emerging Markets SmallCap Dividend Fund by 1.7% in the 4th quarter. Portland Global Advisors LLC now owns 143,794 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $8,231,000 after purchasing an additional 2,404 shares during the last quarter. O Connor Financial Group LLC raised its holdings in shares of WisdomTree Emerging Markets SmallCap Dividend Fund by 1.8% in the 4th quarter. O Connor Financial Group LLC now owns 121,493 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $7,433,000 after purchasing an additional 2,095 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Seven Mile Advisory raised its holdings in shares of WisdomTree Emerging Markets SmallCap Dividend Fund by 2.1% in the 4th quarter. Seven Mile Advisory now owns 93,119 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $5,330,000 after purchasing an additional 1,936 shares in the last quarter.

WisdomTree Emerging Markets SmallCap Dividend Fund Stock Performance

NYSEARCA DGS remained flat at $60.90 on Friday. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 45,809 shares, compared to its average volume of 80,753. WisdomTree Emerging Markets SmallCap Dividend Fund has a 52-week low of $54.63 and a 52-week high of $66.90. The company has a market capitalization of $1.69 billion, a P/E ratio of 13.02 and a beta of 0.61. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $64.09 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $62.88.

WisdomTree Emerging Markets SmallCap Dividend Fund Company Profile

WisdomTree Emerging Markets SmallCap Dividend Fund (the Fund) seeks investment results that closely correspond to the price and yield performance of the WisdomTree Emerging Markets SmallCap Dividend Index (the Index). The Index is a fundamentally weighted index that measures the performance of primarily small-cap stocks selected from the WisdomTree Emerging Markets Dividend Index. Companies included in the Index fall within the bottom 10% of total market capitalization of the WisdomTree Emerging Markets Dividend Index as of the annual index measurement date.