WisdomTree International High Dividend Fund (NYSEARCA:DTH) Short Interest Down 53.9% in August

WisdomTree International High Dividend Fund (NYSEARCA:DTH) was the recipient of a significant drop in short interest in the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 5,202 shares, a drop of 53.9% from the August 15th total of 11,281 shares. Approximately 0.0% of the shares of the stock are short sold. Based on an average daily volume of 25,095 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.2 days.

WisdomTree International High Dividend Fund Stock Performance

NYSEARCA DTH traded down $0.19 during trading on Tuesday, reaching $58.02. 16,338 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 51,846. WisdomTree International High Dividend Fund has a 1-year low of $46.43 and a 1-year high of $59.18. The company has a market cap of $658.53 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 11.30 and a beta of 0.56. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $57.43 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $56.10.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its holdings in WisdomTree International High Dividend Fund by 12.3% during the 1st quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 1,590,394 shares of the company’s stock valued at $86,024,000 after purchasing an additional 173,759 shares during the last quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans bought a new stake in WisdomTree International High Dividend Fund during the fourth quarter worth about $8,074,000. Citadel Advisors LLC bought a new stake in WisdomTree International High Dividend Fund during the second quarter worth about $5,022,000. UBS Group AG increased its holdings in shares of WisdomTree International High Dividend Fund by 5.3% during the fourth quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 93,151 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,807,000 after buying an additional 4,710 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Peregrine Asset Advisers Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of WisdomTree International High Dividend Fund during the first quarter worth approximately $4,660,000.

About WisdomTree International High Dividend Fund

WisdomTree DEFA Equity Income Fund (the Fund) seeks investment results that closely correspond to the price and yield performance of the WisdomTree DEFA Equity Income Index (the Index). The Index is a fundamentally weighted Index that measures the performance of companies with high dividend yields selected from the WisdomTree DEFA Index. At the Index measurement date, companies within the WisdomTree DEFA Index with market capitalizations of at least $200 million and average daily trading volumes of at least $200,000 for the prior three months are ranked by dividend yield.