Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF (NASDAQ:QVAL) Sees Significant Decline in Short Interest

Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF (NASDAQ:QVAL) saw a large decrease in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 22,364 shares, a decrease of 39.7% from the August 15th total of 37,112 shares. Currently, 0.2% of the company’s stock are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 26,382 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.8 days.

Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ QVAL traded down $0.44 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $60.16. 10,090 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 25,890. Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF has a 52-week low of $44.98 and a 52-week high of $62.73. The stock has a market capitalization of $603.43 million, a PE ratio of 11.60 and a beta of 0.97. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $60.01 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $56.13.

Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, June 30th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 29th were issued a dividend of $0.1856 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 29th. This represents a $0.74 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.2%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF

An institutional investor recently bought a new position in Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF stock. Sankala Group LLC purchased a new stake in Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF (NASDAQ:QVAL) during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor purchased 12,406 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $664,000. Sankala Group LLC owned approximately 0.14% of Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF at the end of the most recent reporting period.

About Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF

The Alpha Architect US Quantitative Value ETF (QVAL) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in total market equity. The fund is an active, equal-weighted portfolio of US value stocks, screened for forensic accounting and earnings quality. QVAL was launched on Oct 22, 2014 and is issued by Alpha Architect.