Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF (NASDAQ:JSMD) Short Interest Update

Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF (NASDAQ:JSMD) saw a large growth in short interest during the month of February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totalling 18,300 shares, a growth of 41.9% from the February 13th total of 12,900 shares. Currently, 0.3% of the company’s stock are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 33,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.6 days.

Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ JSMD opened at $69.69 on Friday. Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF has a 1 year low of $64.53 and a 1 year high of $83.23. The company has a market capitalization of $413.26 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.19 and a beta of 1.17. The business has a 50-day moving average of $75.17 and a two-hundred day moving average of $75.02.

Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, December 27th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 20th were given a dividend of $0.4041 per share. This is a boost from Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.04. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, December 20th. This represents a $1.62 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.32%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. Leelyn Smith LLC lifted its stake in Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF by 2.2% in the 3rd quarter. Leelyn Smith LLC now owns 374,282 shares of the company’s stock valued at $27,175,000 after buying an additional 7,958 shares in the last quarter. FMR LLC grew its stake in shares of Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF by 18.7% during the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 946 shares of the company’s stock valued at $69,000 after acquiring an additional 149 shares in the last quarter. Townsquare Capital LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF during the third quarter valued at about $885,000. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its stake in shares of Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF by 432.6% during the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 2,141 shares of the company’s stock valued at $155,000 after acquiring an additional 1,739 shares in the last quarter. Finally, International Assets Investment Management LLC bought a new stake in Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF in the fourth quarter valued at about $221,000.

Janus Henderson Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF Company Profile

The Janus Henderson Small\u002FMid Cap Growth Alpha ETF (JSMD) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the Janus Small Mid Cap Growth Alpha index. The fund tracks an index of US small- and mid-cap stocks with strong fundamental measures of growth, profitability and capital efficiency. Weighting relies on the actively-managed Janus Triton Fund.