Aptus Collared Investment Opportunity ETF (BATS:ACIO) Stock Short Interest Jumps 112.7%

Aptus Collared Investment Opportunity ETF (BATS:ACIO) was the recipient of a large growth in short interest in September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totaling 55,634 shares, a growth of 112.7% from the September 15th total of 26,159 shares. Approximately 0.1% of the shares of the company are sold short. Based on an average trading volume of 107,346 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.5 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of ACIO. CoreFirst Bank & Trust raised its stake in shares of Aptus Collared Investment Opportunity ETF by 30.4% during the first quarter. CoreFirst Bank & Trust now owns 157,857 shares of the company’s stock valued at $6,624,000 after purchasing an additional 36,792 shares in the last quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in Aptus Collared Investment Opportunity ETF by 75.5% in the third quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 57,833 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,714,000 after purchasing an additional 24,877 shares during the period. Valeo Financial Advisors LLC bought a new position in Aptus Collared Investment Opportunity ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at about $532,000. Bank of New York Mellon Corp bought a new position in Aptus Collared Investment Opportunity ETF in the 1st quarter valued at about $364,000. Finally, Parallel Advisors LLC grew its position in Aptus Collared Investment Opportunity ETF by 10.2% in the 1st quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 8,410 shares of the company’s stock valued at $353,000 after buying an additional 779 shares in the last quarter.

Aptus Collared Investment Opportunity ETF Stock Performance

Shares of ACIO stock opened at $47.67 on Wednesday. Aptus Collared Investment Opportunity ETF has a 1 year low of $41.13 and a 1 year high of $47.92. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $47.12 and a two-hundred day moving average of $46.05. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.24 billion, a PE ratio of 25.77 and a beta of 0.65.

About Aptus Collared Investment Opportunity ETF

The Aptus Collared Income Opportunity ETF (ACIO) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the NYSE Multi-Asset High Income index. The fund is an actively-managed portfolio of US large cap equities as well as corresponding options collars for those constituents. ACIO was launched on Jul 10, 2019 and is managed by Aptus.