First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FNX) Short Interest Update

First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund (NASDAQ:FNX) was the target of a large increase in short interest during the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totalling 7,400 shares, an increase of 640.0% from the February 29th total of 1,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 28,900 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.3 days.

First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund Stock Up 1.8 %

FNX stock opened at $112.94 on Thursday. The company has a market cap of $1.21 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.89 and a beta of 1.20. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $106.00 and a 200-day simple moving average of $98.80. First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund has a 52 week low of $85.01 and a 52 week high of $112.94.

First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 28th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 22nd will be issued a dividend of $0.1685 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, March 21st.

Institutional Trading of First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in FNX. Bank of New York Mellon Corp acquired a new stake in First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund in the 1st quarter valued at $287,000. First Trust Advisors LP increased its holdings in First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund by 709.5% in the 1st quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 60,624 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,948,000 after purchasing an additional 53,135 shares in the last quarter. Ancora Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund during the first quarter valued at about $37,000. Northern Trust Corp acquired a new stake in shares of First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund during the first quarter valued at about $279,000. Finally, UBS Group AG grew its stake in shares of First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund by 3.5% during the first quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 255,885 shares of the company’s stock valued at $25,107,000 after acquiring an additional 8,635 shares in the last quarter.

First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund Company Profile

The First Trust Mid Cap Core AlphaDEX Fund (FNX) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the NASDAQ AlphaDEX Mid Cap Core index. The fund tracks a tiered equal-weighted index of US mid-cap equities selected using both growth and value screens. FNX was launched on May 8, 2007 and is managed by First Trust.