First Trust High Income Strategic Focus ETF (NASDAQ:HISF – Get Free Report) was the recipient of a large growth in short interest in the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totalling 1,000 shares, a growth of 400.0% from the June 30th total of 200 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 5,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.2 days.
First Trust High Income Strategic Focus ETF Trading Up 0.4 %
NASDAQ HISF traded up $0.16 on Friday, hitting $44.26. 280 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 4,232. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $43.96 and its 200-day moving average price is $44.00. The company has a market capitalization of $44.26 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 0.06 and a beta of 0.46. First Trust High Income Strategic Focus ETF has a 52-week low of $41.73 and a 52-week high of $44.98.
First Trust High Income Strategic Focus ETF Increases Dividend
The company also recently declared a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, July 31st. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, July 23rd will be issued a dividend of $0.177 per share. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, July 23rd. This represents a $2.12 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.80%. This is an increase from First Trust High Income Strategic Focus ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.18.
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First Trust High Income Strategic Focus ETF Company Profile
The First Trust High Income Strategic Focus ETF (HISF) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in broad credit fixed income. The fund uses a fund-of-funds structure to primarily seek income across a broad range of fixed income securities of US and non-US issuers. HISF was launched on Aug 13, 2014 and is managed by First Trust.
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