FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund (NYSEARCA:QDEF – Get Free Report) saw a large growth in short interest in the month of October. As of October 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,915 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 7,563 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.3 days. Currently, 0.0% of the company’s shares are sold short.
Institutional Inflows and Outflows
A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in QDEF. NORTHSTAR ASSET MANAGEMENT Co acquired a new position in shares of FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund in the third quarter worth $229,000. Ledyard National Bank acquired a new stake in shares of FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund in the third quarter valued at $490,000. WoodTrust Financial Corp acquired a new stake in shares of FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund in the third quarter valued at $399,000. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. raised its stake in shares of FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund by 2.8% in the second quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 7,526 shares of the company’s stock valued at $655,000 after acquiring an additional 207 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC purchased a new position in FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund in the second quarter valued at $515,000.
FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund Stock Down 1.0%
NYSEARCA QDEF traded down $0.88 during trading on Friday, hitting $90.66. The stock had a trading volume of 9,444 shares, compared to its average volume of 8,788. The company has a market capitalization of $550.31 million, a PE ratio of 20.05 and a beta of 0.82. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $90.63 and a 200 day moving average price of $86.53. FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund has a twelve month low of $77.96 and a twelve month high of $91.97.
FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund Company Profile
The FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund (QDEF) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in total market equity. The fund tracks an index of companies with higher dividend yields and lower betas chosen from the Northern Trust 1250 Index. QDEF was launched on Dec 14, 2012 and is managed by FlexShares.
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