First Trust Senior Loan ETF Stock Forecast, Price & News

First Trust Senior Loan ETF's stock was trading at $44.39 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, FTSL shares have increased by 5.5% and is now trading at $46.82.
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First Trust Senior Loan ETF announced a monthly dividend on Thursday, August 20th. Shareholders of record on Monday, August 24th will be given a dividend of $0.12 per share on Monday, August 31st. This represents a $1.44 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.08%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 21st.
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First Trust Senior Loan ETF saw a drop in short interest in the month of August. As of August 14th, there was short interest totaling 43,200 shares, a drop of 32.8% from the July 30th total of 64,300 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 220,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.2 days.
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First Trust Senior Loan ETF trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "FTSL."

First Trust Senior Loan ETF's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include UBS Group AG (2.27%), American Financial Advisors LLC (1.43%), Raymond James & Associates (1.42%), Welch & Forbes LLC (1.29%), Flaharty Asset Management LLC (1.29%) and Milestone Advisory Partners (1.06%).

FTSL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Global Financial Private Capital Inc, First Trust Advisors LP, Milestone Advisory Partners, Sawtooth Solutions LLC, AE Wealth Management LLC, Advisor Group Holdings Inc., and Janney Montgomery Scott LLC.

FTSL stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Gladstone Institutional Advisory LLC, Prudential PLC, Flaharty Asset Management LLC, Level Four Advisory Services LLC, Strategic Wealth Advisors Group LLC, Csenge Advisory Group, Beacon Financial Group, and Brendel Financial Advisors LLC.

Shares of FTSL can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of FTSL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $46.82.

First Trust Senior Loan ETF has a market capitalization of $1.33 billion.