Flexshares Real Assets Allocation Index Fund (NASDAQ:ASET) Sees Significant Growth in Short Interest

Flexshares Real Assets Allocation Index Fund (NASDAQ:ASET) saw a large increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 2,200 shares, an increase of 1,000.0% from the January 15th total of 200 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,100 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.0 days.

Flexshares Real Assets Allocation Index Fund Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:ASET opened at $30.69 on Thursday. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $30.36 and its 200-day simple moving average is $31.34. Flexshares Real Assets Allocation Index Fund has a one year low of $29.09 and a one year high of $32.90. The firm has a market cap of $6.75 million, a PE ratio of 13.55 and a beta of 0.84.

Flexshares Real Assets Allocation Index Fund Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 3rd. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 27th were given a dividend of $0.4996 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, December 27th. This is a positive change from Flexshares Real Assets Allocation Index Fund’s previous dividend of $0.31.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Flexshares Real Assets Allocation Index Fund

An institutional investor recently raised its position in Flexshares Real Assets Allocation Index Fund stock. Bath Savings Trust Co boosted its holdings in shares of Flexshares Real Assets Allocation Index Fund (NASDAQ:ASET) by 16.4% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 7,800 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,100 shares during the period. Bath Savings Trust Co owned about 3.12% of Flexshares Real Assets Allocation Index Fund worth $232,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

About Flexshares Real Assets Allocation Index Fund

The FlexShares Real Assets Allocation Index Fund (ASET) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in target outcome asset allocation. The fund is a fund-of-funds that gives investors diversified global exposure to real assets. ASET was launched on Nov 23, 2015 and is managed by FlexShares.