VanEck Video Gaming and eSports ETF (NASDAQ:ESPO) Short Interest Update

VanEck Video Gaming and eSports ETF (NASDAQ:ESPO) saw a large growth in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totalling 13,800 shares, a growth of 200.0% from the December 31st total of 4,600 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 18,600 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 0.7 days.

VanEck Video Gaming and eSports ETF Price Performance

Shares of ESPO opened at $88.14 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $295.27 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.98 and a beta of 0.77. VanEck Video Gaming and eSports ETF has a 1-year low of $57.07 and a 1-year high of $89.58. The company has a 50-day moving average of $84.67 and a 200 day moving average of $76.58.

VanEck Video Gaming and eSports ETF Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 24th. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 23rd were paid a dividend of $0.365 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, December 23rd.

Institutional Trading of VanEck Video Gaming and eSports ETF

A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. grew its holdings in VanEck Video Gaming and eSports ETF by 78,130.7% during the 3rd quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 117,346 shares of the company’s stock worth $8,928,000 after acquiring an additional 117,196 shares in the last quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp boosted its stake in shares of VanEck Video Gaming and eSports ETF by 55,197.6% during the fourth quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 46,450 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,873,000 after purchasing an additional 46,366 shares in the last quarter. Assetmark Inc. increased its holdings in VanEck Video Gaming and eSports ETF by 6.3% during the third quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 21,923 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,668,000 after buying an additional 1,297 shares during the period. Jane Street Group LLC increased its holdings in VanEck Video Gaming and eSports ETF by 2.5% during the third quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 17,363 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,321,000 after buying an additional 431 shares during the period. Finally, Strategic Financial Concepts LLC bought a new position in VanEck Video Gaming and eSports ETF in the fourth quarter worth approximately $1,390,000.

About VanEck Video Gaming and eSports ETF

The VanEck Video Gaming and eSports ETF (ESPO) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MVIS Global Video Gaming & eSports index, a market-cap-weighted index of global firms involved in video gaming and eSports. ESPO was launched on Oct 16, 2018 and is managed by VanEck.