Aptus Collared Investment Opportunity ETF (BATS:ACIO) Sees Significant Increase in Short Interest

Aptus Collared Investment Opportunity ETF (BATS:ACIO) saw a large growth in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 172,697 shares, a growth of 295.3% from the May 31st total of 43,690 shares. Approximately 0.4% of the company’s shares are short sold. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 144,396 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.2 days.

Aptus Collared Investment Opportunity ETF Price Performance

Aptus Collared Investment Opportunity ETF stock opened at $45.64 on Friday. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $45.96 and its 200 day simple moving average is $44.32. Aptus Collared Investment Opportunity ETF has a fifty-two week low of $41.06 and a fifty-two week high of $47.14. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.15 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.77 and a beta of 0.65.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Aptus Collared Investment Opportunity ETF

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in ACIO. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC lifted its holdings in Aptus Collared Investment Opportunity ETF by 9.9% during the third quarter. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC now owns 7,335,218 shares of the company’s stock worth $318,568,000 after acquiring an additional 660,265 shares in the last quarter. Park Place Capital Corp increased its stake in Aptus Collared Investment Opportunity ETF by 6.3% during the 4th quarter. Park Place Capital Corp now owns 1,082,349 shares of the company’s stock worth $47,299,000 after purchasing an additional 64,136 shares in the last quarter. Advisory Services Network LLC raised its holdings in Aptus Collared Investment Opportunity ETF by 7.5% during the 4th quarter. Advisory Services Network LLC now owns 1,039,861 shares of the company’s stock worth $45,442,000 after buying an additional 72,522 shares during the period. CoreFirst Bank & Trust raised its holdings in Aptus Collared Investment Opportunity ETF by 30.4% during the 1st quarter. CoreFirst Bank & Trust now owns 157,857 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,624,000 after buying an additional 36,792 shares during the period. Finally, Farther Finance Advisors LLC lifted its stake in Aptus Collared Investment Opportunity ETF by 32.3% in the fourth quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 26,073 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,139,000 after buying an additional 6,362 shares in the last quarter.

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.