WisdomTree U.S. Total Dividend Fund (NYSEARCA:DTD) Short Interest Up 31.5% in April
by Doug Wharley · The Cerbat GemWisdomTree U.S. Total Dividend Fund (NYSEARCA:DTD – Get Free Report) saw a large increase in short interest in April. As of April 15th, there was short interest totaling 19,308 shares, an increase of 31.5% from the March 31st total of 14,679 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 27,203 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.7 days. Approximately 0.1% of the company’s stock are short sold.
Institutional Inflows and Outflows
A number of institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in DTD. Morgan Stanley grew its stake in shares of WisdomTree U.S. Total Dividend Fund by 4.7% in the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 1,162,988 shares of the company’s stock worth $98,714,000 after purchasing an additional 52,594 shares in the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC grew its stake in shares of WisdomTree U.S. Total Dividend Fund by 4.9% in the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 838,532 shares of the company’s stock worth $71,175,000 after purchasing an additional 39,238 shares in the last quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN grew its stake in shares of WisdomTree U.S. Total Dividend Fund by 2.5% in the fourth quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 391,869 shares of the company’s stock worth $33,262,000 after purchasing an additional 9,447 shares in the last quarter. 626 Financial LLC grew its stake in shares of WisdomTree U.S. Total Dividend Fund by 1.7% in the fourth quarter. 626 Financial LLC now owns 313,884 shares of the company’s stock worth $26,642,000 after purchasing an additional 5,328 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Retirement Planning Group LLC grew its stake in shares of WisdomTree U.S. Total Dividend Fund by 6.4% in the fourth quarter. Retirement Planning Group LLC now owns 246,988 shares of the company’s stock worth $20,964,000 after purchasing an additional 14,962 shares in the last quarter.
WisdomTree U.S. Total Dividend Fund Stock Up 0.1%
Shares of DTD traded up $0.11 during trading on Friday, reaching $91.42. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 2,194 shares, compared to its average volume of 27,290. The company has a fifty day moving average of $88.34 and a two-hundred day moving average of $86.62. WisdomTree U.S. Total Dividend Fund has a twelve month low of $74.56 and a twelve month high of $91.44. The company has a market cap of $1.58 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.40 and a beta of 0.79.
WisdomTree U.S. Total Dividend Fund Company Profile
The WisdomTree U.S. Total Dividend Fund (DTD) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the WisdomTree Dividend index. The fund tracks an index of US companies selected and weighted based on the dollar amount of dividends paid. DTD was launched on Jun 16, 2006 and is managed by WisdomTree.