Amplify Junior Silver Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:SILJ) Short Interest Up 40.4% in March
by Renee Jackson · The Cerbat GemAmplify Junior Silver Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:SILJ – Get Free Report) was the target of a large growth in short interest during the month of March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 2,192,141 shares, a growth of 40.4% from the March 15th total of 1,560,956 shares. Currently, 1.6% of the company’s shares are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 8,476,452 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.3 days.
Institutional Investors Weigh In On Amplify Junior Silver Miners ETF
Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. Veracity Capital LLC increased its position in shares of Amplify Junior Silver Miners ETF by 3.4% during the fourth quarter. Veracity Capital LLC now owns 16,885 shares of the company’s stock worth $467,000 after acquiring an additional 555 shares during the period. Hurley Capital LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Amplify Junior Silver Miners ETF by 187.1% in the fourth quarter. Hurley Capital LLC now owns 913 shares of the company’s stock valued at $25,000 after acquiring an additional 595 shares in the last quarter. Comerica Bank increased its stake in shares of Amplify Junior Silver Miners ETF by 0.9% during the 4th quarter. Comerica Bank now owns 75,988 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,103,000 after purchasing an additional 693 shares in the last quarter. Nwam LLC lifted its stake in Amplify Junior Silver Miners ETF by 1.2% in the 3rd quarter. Nwam LLC now owns 65,002 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,501,000 after buying an additional 749 shares in the last quarter. Finally, PNC Financial Services Group Inc. increased its position in Amplify Junior Silver Miners ETF by 14.5% during the third quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 6,182 shares of the company’s stock worth $143,000 after buying an additional 782 shares in the last quarter.
Amplify Junior Silver Miners ETF Stock Performance
Shares of Amplify Junior Silver Miners ETF stock opened at $31.93 on Wednesday. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $32.65 and a 200 day moving average of $28.94. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.30 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.57 and a beta of 0.92. Amplify Junior Silver Miners ETF has a fifty-two week low of $11.57 and a fifty-two week high of $41.10.
Amplify Junior Silver Miners ETF Company Profile
The ETFMG Prime Junior Silver Miners ETF (SILJ) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in materials equity. The fund tracks a modified market-cap-weighted index of small-cap silver mining and exploration companies. SILJ was launched on Nov 28, 2012 and is managed by ETF Managers Group.