Short Interest in WisdomTree Europe SmallCap Dividend Fund (NYSEARCA:DFE) Increases By 104.6%

WisdomTree Europe SmallCap Dividend Fund (NYSEARCA:DFE) was the target of a large growth in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 99,266 shares, a growth of 104.6% from the August 15th total of 48,508 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 6,499 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 15.3 days. Approximately 4.5% of the shares of the company are short sold.

WisdomTree Europe SmallCap Dividend Fund Stock Down 0.7%

NYSEARCA DFE traded down $0.57 during trading hours on Monday, hitting $75.91. The company had a trading volume of 3,980 shares, compared to its average volume of 6,949. WisdomTree Europe SmallCap Dividend Fund has a fifty-two week low of $66.05 and a fifty-two week high of $78.34. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $75.89 and a 200-day simple moving average of $75.10. The firm has a market cap of $167.01 million, a P/E ratio of 11.89 and a beta of 0.85.

Institutional Trading of WisdomTree Europe SmallCap Dividend Fund

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Royal Bank of Canada increased its stake in shares of WisdomTree Europe SmallCap Dividend Fund by 7.9% during the fourth quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 4,041 shares of the company’s stock valued at $290,000 after acquiring an additional 297 shares during the period. Stifel Financial Corp lifted its position in WisdomTree Europe SmallCap Dividend Fund by 12.7% in the fourth quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 4,503 shares of the company’s stock worth $324,000 after purchasing an additional 508 shares during the period. UBS Group AG lifted its position in WisdomTree Europe SmallCap Dividend Fund by 1.1% in the third quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 55,359 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,898,000 after purchasing an additional 577 shares during the period. Kestra Advisory Services LLC acquired a new stake in WisdomTree Europe SmallCap Dividend Fund in the fourth quarter worth approximately $54,000. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE boosted its stake in WisdomTree Europe SmallCap Dividend Fund by 1.6% during the 3rd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 52,046 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,665,000 after purchasing an additional 826 shares in the last quarter.

About WisdomTree Europe SmallCap Dividend Fund

The WisdomTree Europe SmallCap Dividend Fund (DFE) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the WisdomTree Europe SmallCap Dividend index. The fund tracks a dividend-weighted index of small-cap, dividend-paying stocks in Europe. DFE was launched on Jun 16, 2006 and is managed by WisdomTree.