WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Fund (NASDAQ:DGRW) Short Interest Down 13.6% in December

WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Fund (NASDAQ:DGRW) was the recipient of a significant decrease in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 147,300 shares, a decrease of 13.6% from the December 15th total of 170,500 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 543,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.3 days.

WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Fund Stock Up 0.6 %

DGRW traded up $0.46 on Friday, reaching $82.40. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 460,507 shares, compared to its average volume of 617,910. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $83.03 and a two-hundred day moving average of $81.88. The company has a market capitalization of $15.00 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.83 and a beta of 0.88. WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Fund has a fifty-two week low of $70.03 and a fifty-two week high of $85.89.

WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Fund Cuts Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 3rd. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, December 31st were paid a $0.0407 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, December 31st.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Fund

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Lifestyle Asset Management Inc. lifted its stake in WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Fund by 0.6% in the fourth quarter. Lifestyle Asset Management Inc. now owns 23,128 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,872,000 after buying an additional 145 shares during the last quarter. Capital Planning Advisors LLC lifted its stake in WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Fund by 3.1% in the fourth quarter. Capital Planning Advisors LLC now owns 114,311 shares of the company’s stock valued at $9,251,000 after buying an additional 3,460 shares during the last quarter. Mutual Advisors LLC lifted its stake in WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Fund by 17.4% in the fourth quarter. Mutual Advisors LLC now owns 9,357 shares of the company’s stock valued at $767,000 after buying an additional 1,386 shares during the last quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC lifted its stake in WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Fund by 12.1% in the fourth quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 693,989 shares of the company’s stock valued at $56,165,000 after buying an additional 74,821 shares during the last quarter. Finally, White Pine Investment CO lifted its stake in WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Fund by 46.4% in the fourth quarter. White Pine Investment CO now owns 67,404 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,455,000 after buying an additional 21,356 shares during the last quarter.

WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Fund Company Profile

The WisdomTree U.S. Quality Dividend Growth Fund (DGRW) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in total market equity. The fund tracks the performance of an index that invests in large- and mid-cap dividend-paying US common stocks with growth characteristics. DGRW was launched on May 22, 2013 and is managed by WisdomTree.