Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF (NASDAQ:QVAL) Short Interest Up 35.7% in May

Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF (NASDAQ:QVAL) was the recipient of a large increase in short interest during the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totalling 30,800 shares, an increase of 35.7% from the April 30th total of 22,700 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 29,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.1 days. Approximately 0.4% of the company’s stock are short sold.

Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF Stock Performance

Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF stock opened at $43.72 on Wednesday. The stock has a market cap of $365.06 million, a PE ratio of 10.99 and a beta of 1.30. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $41.83 and a two-hundred day moving average of $43.97. Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF has a one year low of $36.77 and a one year high of $47.88.

Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 14th. Investors of record on Thursday, March 13th were given a $0.0991 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, March 13th.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Aspect Partners LLC boosted its stake in shares of Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF by 11.3% during the 4th quarter. Aspect Partners LLC now owns 9,911 shares of the company’s stock worth $442,000 after acquiring an additional 1,005 shares in the last quarter. Menlo Advisors LLC raised its holdings in Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF by 1.1% in the 4th quarter. Menlo Advisors LLC now owns 251,355 shares of the company’s stock worth $11,220,000 after purchasing an additional 2,825 shares during the period. Ethos Financial Group LLC raised its holdings in Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF by 19.1% in the 4th quarter. Ethos Financial Group LLC now owns 203,392 shares of the company’s stock worth $9,079,000 after purchasing an additional 32,689 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its position in Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF by 473.5% during the fourth quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 1,147 shares of the company’s stock worth $51,000 after purchasing an additional 947 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Baker Boyer National Bank grew its holdings in Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF by 44.4% in the first quarter. Baker Boyer National Bank now owns 23,359 shares of the company’s stock valued at $996,000 after purchasing an additional 7,180 shares during the 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.