Franklin International Core Dividend Tilt Index ETF (NYSEARCA:DIVI) Short Interest Update

Franklin International Core Dividend Tilt Index ETF (NYSEARCA:DIVI) was the recipient of a significant decrease in short interest during the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 25,768 shares, a decrease of 77.7% from the July 15th total of 115,637 shares. Approximately 0.0% of the company’s shares are sold short. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 130,431 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.2 days.

Institutional Trading of Franklin International Core Dividend Tilt Index ETF

A number of large investors have recently made changes to their positions in DIVI. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its holdings in shares of Franklin International Core Dividend Tilt Index ETF by 138.4% in the second quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 1,519,906 shares of the company’s stock valued at $54,169,000 after purchasing an additional 882,367 shares during the period. Retirement Planning Group LLC increased its holdings in Franklin International Core Dividend Tilt Index ETF by 14.0% during the 1st quarter. Retirement Planning Group LLC now owns 5,659,717 shares of the company’s stock worth $225,313,000 after purchasing an additional 695,595 shares during the period. Franklin Resources Inc. increased its holdings in Franklin International Core Dividend Tilt Index ETF by 1,272.1% during the 3rd quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 562,076 shares of the company’s stock worth $20,971,000 after purchasing an additional 521,110 shares during the period. Orion Porfolio Solutions LLC raised its position in Franklin International Core Dividend Tilt Index ETF by 801.0% during the 2nd quarter. Orion Porfolio Solutions LLC now owns 413,451 shares of the company’s stock valued at $14,735,000 after purchasing an additional 367,565 shares in the last quarter. Finally, LPL Financial LLC raised its position in Franklin International Core Dividend Tilt Index ETF by 5.4% during the 4th quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 4,659,366 shares of the company’s stock valued at $181,203,000 after purchasing an additional 240,799 shares in the last quarter.

Franklin International Core Dividend Tilt Index ETF Trading Down 0.0%

Shares of DIVI stock traded down $0.01 on Thursday, reaching $44.70. 151,404 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 212,368. Franklin International Core Dividend Tilt Index ETF has a 52 week low of $36.15 and a 52 week high of $44.88. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.78 billion, a PE ratio of 14.82 and a beta of 0.68. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $43.15 and its 200 day simple moving average is $42.17.

Franklin International Core Dividend Tilt Index ETF Company Profile

The fund invests at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of the index and in depositary receipts representing such securities. The index is based on the Morningstar® Developed Markets ex-North America Target Market Exposure Index and is constructed by applying an optimization process to the Parent Index that aims to deliver a higher dividend yield than the Parent Index, while limiting expected tracking error to the Parent Index.