First Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF (NASDAQ:FIXD) Short Interest Down 86.6% in October

First Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF (NASDAQ:FIXD) saw a large drop in short interest in the month of October. As of October 31st, there was short interest totalling 66,800 shares, a drop of 86.6% from the October 15th total of 499,300 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 774,400 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.1 days.

First Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF Price Performance

Shares of FIXD stock traded down $0.27 during trading hours on Tuesday, reaching $43.42. The company had a trading volume of 1,153,164 shares, compared to its average volume of 756,334. First Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF has a twelve month low of $41.78 and a twelve month high of $46.80. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $44.69 and its 200 day simple moving average is $43.97.

First Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, October 31st. Investors of record on Tuesday, October 22nd were paid a dividend of $0.155 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, October 22nd. This represents a $1.86 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.28%.

Institutional Trading of First Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Private Portfolio Partners LLC lifted its stake in First Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF by 7.8% in the first quarter. Private Portfolio Partners LLC now owns 25,396 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,107,000 after acquiring an additional 1,848 shares during the last quarter. Signature Estate & Investment Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of First Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF by 12.2% during the 1st quarter. Signature Estate & Investment Advisors LLC now owns 6,767,926 shares of the company’s stock worth $295,082,000 after purchasing an additional 733,696 shares in the last quarter. Hilltop Partners LLC lifted its position in First Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF by 12.8% during the 1st quarter. Hilltop Partners LLC now owns 41,123 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,793,000 after buying an additional 4,674 shares in the last quarter. CreativeOne Wealth LLC acquired a new position in First Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF during the 1st quarter valued at about $1,174,000. Finally, Freestone Capital Holdings LLC bought a new stake in First Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF in the first quarter valued at approximately $201,000.

First Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF Company Profile

The First Trust TCW Opportunistic Fixed Income ETF (FIXD) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the Bloomberg Global Aggregate Bond index. The fund is an actively managed, broad-based, and broad-maturity bond fund that aims for a weighted average duration within 1 year of the Bloomberg US Aggregate Index.