First Trust Health Care AlphaDEX Fund (NYSEARCA:FXH) Stock Short Interest Report for September

First Trust Health Care AlphaDEX Fund (NYSEARCA:FXH) saw a significant decrease in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totaling 2,567 shares, a decrease of 89.8% from the September 15th total of 25,260 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 42,347 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.1 days. Approximately 0.0% of the company’s shares are short sold.

Institutional Trading of First Trust Health Care AlphaDEX Fund

A number of hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. GAMMA Investing LLC purchased a new stake in shares of First Trust Health Care AlphaDEX Fund in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $196,000. Farther Finance Advisors LLC purchased a new position in First Trust Health Care AlphaDEX Fund during the 3rd quarter worth $2,626,000. CoreCap Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of First Trust Health Care AlphaDEX Fund during the third quarter worth about $110,000. Atwood & Palmer Inc. purchased a new stake in First Trust Health Care AlphaDEX Fund during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $124,000. Finally, Dominguez Wealth Management Solutions Inc. acquired a new position in shares of First Trust Health Care AlphaDEX Fund in the 3rd quarter valued at $328,000.

First Trust Health Care AlphaDEX Fund Stock Performance

FXH traded up $1.76 during trading on Friday, hitting $130.15. 75,116 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 39,194. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $131.50 and a 200 day simple moving average of $121.77. The firm has a market cap of $1.14 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.75 and a beta of 0.72. First Trust Health Care AlphaDEX Fund has a 1 year low of $104.53 and a 1 year high of $135.82.

First Trust Health Care AlphaDEX Fund Company Profile

The First Trust Health Care AlphaDEX Fund is an exchange-traded fund. The investment objective of the Fund is to seek investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield, before fees and expenses, of an equity index called the StrataQuant Health Care Index. The StrataQuant Health Care Index is an index developed, maintained and sponsored by the NYSE Group, Inc or its affiliates (NYSE), which employs the AlphaDEX stock selection methodology to select stocks from the Russell 1000 Index.