FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund (NYSEARCA:QDEF) Short Interest Update

FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund (NYSEARCA:QDEF) was the target of a large decline in short interest during the month of July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totaling 2,223 shares, a decline of 80.6% from the July 15th total of 11,437 shares. Currently, 0.0% of the shares of the stock are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 6,306 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.4 days.

Institutional Trading of FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Northern Trust Corp increased its stake in shares of FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund by 0.4% during the 4th quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 3,360,994 shares of the company’s stock worth $272,106,000 after purchasing an additional 13,741 shares in the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC raised its position in shares of FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund by 4.4% during the 4th quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 175,605 shares of the company’s stock worth $14,217,000 after purchasing an additional 7,349 shares during the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its stake in FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund by 9.6% in the 1st quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 91,409 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,296,000 after buying an additional 8,023 shares in the last quarter. RVW Wealth LLC lifted its stake in FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund by 9.2% in the 2nd quarter. RVW Wealth LLC now owns 88,065 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,664,000 after buying an additional 7,403 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sloy Dahl & Holst LLC lifted its stake in FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund by 2.9% in the 4th quarter. Sloy Dahl & Holst LLC now owns 70,627 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,718,000 after buying an additional 2,003 shares in the last quarter.

FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund Stock Down 0.2%

FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund stock opened at $91.05 on Wednesday. The firm has a market capitalization of $559.96 million, a PE ratio of 20.05 and a beta of 0.82. FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund has a 52 week low of $76.98 and a 52 week high of $91.55. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $87.89 and its 200 day simple moving average is $85.00.

FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund Company Profile

The FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund (QDEF) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in total market equity. The fund tracks an index of companies with higher dividend yields and lower betas chosen from the Northern Trust 1250 Index. QDEF was launched on Dec 14, 2012 and is managed by FlexShares.