First Trust IPOX Europe Equity Opportunities ETF (NASDAQ:FPXE) Short Interest Update

First Trust IPOX Europe Equity Opportunities ETF (NASDAQ:FPXE) was the target of a large increase in short interest in January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 3,300 shares, an increase of 135.7% from the December 31st total of 1,400 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 500 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 6.6 days.

First Trust IPOX Europe Equity Opportunities ETF Price Performance

First Trust IPOX Europe Equity Opportunities ETF stock traded up $0.02 during trading hours on Wednesday, reaching $27.32. The company had a trading volume of 836 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,035. The firm has a market cap of $4.10 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.76 and a beta of 1.00. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $26.30 and a 200 day moving average price of $26.10. First Trust IPOX Europe Equity Opportunities ETF has a 12-month low of $22.50 and a 12-month high of $28.04.

First Trust IPOX Europe Equity Opportunities ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 31st. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 13th were paid a $0.126 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, December 13th.

First Trust IPOX Europe Equity Opportunities ETF Company Profile

The First Trust IPOX Europe Equity Opportunities ETF (FPXE) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the IPOX 100 Europe index, a market-cap-weighted index of the 100 largest European IPOs over the first 1,000 trading days for each stock. FPXE was launched on Oct 4, 2018 and is managed by First Trust.