WisdomTree U.S. MidCap Fund (NYSEARCA:EZM) Shares Shorted: Short Interest Up 465.1% in October

WisdomTree U.S. MidCap Fund (NYSEARCA:EZM) was the target of a significant increase in short interest during the month of October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totaling 65,852 shares, an increase of 465.1% from the September 30th total of 11,654 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 20,836 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.2 days. Currently, 0.5% of the shares of the company are short sold.

Institutional Trading of WisdomTree U.S. MidCap Fund

Institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Clearwater Capital Advisors LLC grew its stake in WisdomTree U.S. MidCap Fund by 3.9% in the first quarter. Clearwater Capital Advisors LLC now owns 191,663 shares of the company’s stock worth $12,884,000 after purchasing an additional 7,268 shares in the last quarter. Private Advisor Group LLC lifted its position in WisdomTree U.S. MidCap Fund by 0.8% during the 1st quarter. Private Advisor Group LLC now owns 175,021 shares of the company’s stock worth $11,765,000 after acquiring an additional 1,391 shares during the period. Royal Bank of Canada lifted its holdings in shares of WisdomTree U.S. MidCap Fund by 15.3% during the first quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 152,224 shares of the company’s stock worth $10,232,000 after purchasing an additional 20,205 shares during the period. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. lifted its stake in WisdomTree U.S. MidCap Fund by 0.5% during the 2nd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 84,755 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,423,000 after acquiring an additional 395 shares during the period. Finally, Theory Financial LLC boosted its position in WisdomTree U.S. MidCap Fund by 26.8% in the 1st quarter. Theory Financial LLC now owns 89,563 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,020,000 after purchasing an additional 18,934 shares in the last quarter.

WisdomTree U.S. MidCap Fund Stock Up 0.6%

EZM stock opened at $74.02 on Tuesday. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $74.29 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $72.48. WisdomTree U.S. MidCap Fund has a 52 week low of $63.01 and a 52 week high of $77.87. The firm has a market capitalization of $925.25 million, a P/E ratio of 12.98 and a beta of 1.01.

WisdomTree U.S. MidCap Fund Company Profile

WisdomTree MidCap Earnings Fund (the Fund) seeks investment results that correspond to the price and yield performance of the WisdomTree MidCap Earnings Index (the Index). The Index is a fundamentally weighted index that measures the performance of earnings-generating companies within the mid-capitalization segment of the United States stock market. The Index consists of the companies in the top 75% of the market capitalization of the WisdomTree Earnings Index after the 500 largest companies have been removed.