Affinity World Leaders Equity ETF (BATS:WLDR) Short Interest Up 471.8% in May

Affinity World Leaders Equity ETF (BATS:WLDR) was the target of a large increase in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 16,747 shares, an increase of 471.8% from the April 30th total of 2,929 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 8,653 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.9 days. Approximately 1.3% of the company’s stock are sold short.

Institutional Trading of Affinity World Leaders Equity ETF

A number of large investors have recently bought and sold shares of WLDR. Sowell Financial Services LLC boosted its stake in Affinity World Leaders Equity ETF by 10.4% during the 4th quarter. Sowell Financial Services LLC now owns 1,061,026 shares of the company’s stock worth $37,752,000 after purchasing an additional 100,103 shares during the period. Jane Street Group LLC acquired a new stake in Affinity World Leaders Equity ETF during the 1st quarter worth $1,042,000. Tcfg Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in Affinity World Leaders Equity ETF during the 3rd quarter worth $1,256,000. Finally, Cetera Investment Advisers boosted its stake in Affinity World Leaders Equity ETF by 27.1% during the 1st quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 10,790 shares of the company’s stock worth $401,000 after purchasing an additional 2,300 shares during the period.

Affinity World Leaders Equity ETF Trading Up 0.4%

Shares of Affinity World Leaders Equity ETF stock opened at $44.56 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $55.70 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.51 and a beta of 0.95. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $40.13 and a 200-day simple moving average of $38.27. Affinity World Leaders Equity ETF has a 12-month low of $31.25 and a 12-month high of $44.62.

About Affinity World Leaders Equity ETF

The Affinity World Leaders Equity ETF (WLDR) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in total market equity. The fund tracks an index of multi-factor-selected securities from the developed markets, weighted in accordance with a proprietary risk model. WLDR was launched on Jan 17, 2018 and is managed by Affinity.