First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX Fund (NYSEARCA:FXG) Stock Short Interest Report for September

First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX Fund (NYSEARCA:FXG) was the target of a large decrease in short interest in the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totaling 1,534 shares, a decrease of 93.1% from the September 15th total of 22,382 shares. Currently, 0.0% of the shares of the stock are sold short. Based on an average trading volume of 13,767 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.1 days.

First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX Fund Stock Performance

NYSEARCA FXG traded down $0.42 on Friday, hitting $59.54. The stock had a trading volume of 9,773 shares, compared to its average volume of 19,535. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $62.82 and a 200-day moving average of $63.02. First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX Fund has a 52-week low of $57.29 and a 52-week high of $69.50. The company has a market capitalization of $208.39 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.10 and a beta of 0.50.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX Fund

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC bought a new position in First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX Fund in the 2nd quarter worth about $307,000. Cetera Investment Advisers boosted its position in shares of First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX Fund by 17.5% during the 1st quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 28,824 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,837,000 after acquiring an additional 4,297 shares during the last quarter. Milestones Private Investment Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX Fund by 2.6% during the first quarter. Milestones Private Investment Advisors LLC now owns 58,095 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,702,000 after purchasing an additional 1,456 shares in the last quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp purchased a new position in shares of First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX Fund during the first quarter worth about $191,000. Finally, Kestra Advisory Services LLC increased its position in shares of First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX Fund by 4.2% in the first quarter. Kestra Advisory Services LLC now owns 12,009 shares of the company’s stock worth $765,000 after purchasing an additional 488 shares during the last quarter.

About First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX Fund

First Trust Consumer Staples AlphaDEX Fund (the Fund) is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield of an equity index called the StrataQuant Consumer Staples Index (the Index). The Index is an enhanced index created and administered by the AMEX, which employs the AlphaDEX stock selection methodology to select stocks from the Russell 1000 Index. The AMEX constructs the Index by ranking the stocks, which are members of the Russell 1000 Index on growth factors, including 3, 6 and 12-month price appreciation, sales to price and one-year sales growth, and separately on value factors, including book value to price, cash flow to price and return on assets.