Sprott Junior Uranium Miners ETF (NASDAQ:URNJ) Short Interest Update

Sprott Junior Uranium Miners ETF (NASDAQ:URNJ) was the target of a significant growth in short interest in February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totalling 1,170,000 shares, a growth of 29.3% from the February 13th total of 904,800 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 380,700 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.1 days. Currently, 8.9% of the shares of the stock are short sold.

Institutional Trading of Sprott Junior Uranium Miners ETF

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Southport Management L.L.C. purchased a new stake in Sprott Junior Uranium Miners ETF during the 4th quarter valued at about $279,000. Advisory Services Network LLC grew its stake in Sprott Junior Uranium Miners ETF by 46.7% during the 4th quarter. Advisory Services Network LLC now owns 16,617 shares of the company’s stock valued at $309,000 after acquiring an additional 5,292 shares in the last quarter. Millennium Management LLC purchased a new stake in Sprott Junior Uranium Miners ETF during the 4th quarter valued at about $381,000. Cetera Investment Advisers grew its stake in Sprott Junior Uranium Miners ETF by 9.4% during the 4th quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 27,117 shares of the company’s stock valued at $504,000 after acquiring an additional 2,333 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Rathbones Group PLC grew its stake in Sprott Junior Uranium Miners ETF by 22.9% during the 4th quarter. Rathbones Group PLC now owns 43,575 shares of the company’s stock valued at $810,000 after acquiring an additional 8,115 shares in the last quarter.

Sprott Junior Uranium Miners ETF Price Performance

URNJ stock opened at $15.27 on Wednesday. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $17.97 and a 200-day simple moving average of $20.44. Sprott Junior Uranium Miners ETF has a 52 week low of $13.67 and a 52 week high of $31.30.

About Sprott Junior Uranium Miners ETF

The Sprott Junior Uranium Miners ETF (URNJ) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the Nasdaq Sprott Junior Uranium Miners index. The fund seeks to track an index of small cap uranium miners around the globe, primarily those with revenues tied to the uranium mining and uranium industry. Securities are selected using a fundamental, proprietary methodology and weighted by market cap.