VanEck Video Gaming and eSports ETF (NASDAQ:ESPO) Short Interest Update

VanEck Video Gaming and eSports ETF (NASDAQ:ESPO) was the target of a large growth in short interest in the month of February. As of February 15th, there was short interest totalling 67,400 shares, a growth of 63.2% from the January 31st total of 41,300 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 29,500 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.3 days.

VanEck Video Gaming and eSports ETF Price Performance

VanEck Video Gaming and eSports ETF stock traded up $1.16 during trading hours on Tuesday, reaching $91.40. The stock had a trading volume of 34,234 shares, compared to its average volume of 37,997. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $87.78 and a 200-day simple moving average of $80.65. VanEck Video Gaming and eSports ETF has a 52 week low of $57.84 and a 52 week high of $97.45. The stock has a market cap of $315.34 million, a PE ratio of 31.95 and a beta of 0.89.

VanEck Video Gaming and eSports ETF Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 24th. Investors of record on Monday, December 23rd were paid a $0.365 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, December 23rd.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Cetera Investment Advisers grew its position in shares of VanEck Video Gaming and eSports ETF by 2.8% in the 4th quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 7,613 shares of the company’s stock worth $635,000 after buying an additional 204 shares during the last quarter. FMR LLC boosted its holdings in VanEck Video Gaming and eSports ETF by 41.6% in the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 820 shares of the company’s stock valued at $62,000 after acquiring an additional 241 shares in the last quarter. Jane Street Group LLC increased its position in VanEck Video Gaming and eSports ETF by 2.5% during the 3rd quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 17,363 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,321,000 after purchasing an additional 431 shares during the period. Stifel Financial Corp raised its holdings in VanEck Video Gaming and eSports ETF by 14.6% in the 4th quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 3,383 shares of the company’s stock worth $282,000 after purchasing an additional 431 shares in the last quarter. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its position in shares of VanEck Video Gaming and eSports ETF by 101.4% in the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 1,192 shares of the company’s stock worth $91,000 after purchasing an additional 600 shares during the period.

About VanEck Video Gaming and eSports ETF

The VanEck Video Gaming and eSports ETF (ESPO) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MVIS Global Video Gaming & eSports index, a market-cap-weighted index of global firms involved in video gaming and eSports. ESPO was launched on Oct 16, 2018 and is managed by VanEck.