Cohen & Steers Real Estate Opportunities & Income Fund (NYSE:RLTY) Short Interest Up 28.9% in February

Cohen & Steers Real Estate Opportunities & Income Fund (NYSE:RLTY) saw a significant increase in short interest in February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totalling 90,900 shares, an increase of 28.9% from the February 13th total of 70,500 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 97,100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.9 days.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. DecisionPoint Financial LLC bought a new position in Cohen & Steers Real Estate Opportunities & Income Fund during the fourth quarter valued at about $30,000. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Cohen & Steers Real Estate Opportunities & Income Fund during the fourth quarter valued at $186,000. Wolverine Asset Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Cohen & Steers Real Estate Opportunities & Income Fund during the fourth quarter valued at $193,000. Samalin Investment Counsel LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Cohen & Steers Real Estate Opportunities & Income Fund during the fourth quarter valued at $196,000. Finally, Stifel Financial Corp lifted its holdings in shares of Cohen & Steers Real Estate Opportunities & Income Fund by 19.1% during the third quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 18,342 shares of the company’s stock valued at $313,000 after purchasing an additional 2,942 shares during the last quarter.

Cohen & Steers Real Estate Opportunities & Income Fund Trading Up 2.6 %

RLTY stock traded up $0.40 during trading hours on Monday, hitting $15.46. 64,245 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 83,375. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $15.40 and a 200 day simple moving average of $15.95. Cohen & Steers Real Estate Opportunities & Income Fund has a one year low of $12.98 and a one year high of $17.77.

Cohen & Steers Real Estate Opportunities & Income Fund Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Friday, January 31st. Investors of record on Wednesday, January 15th were paid a dividend of $0.11 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, January 14th. This represents a yield of 9.08%.

About Cohen & Steers Real Estate Opportunities & Income Fund

Cohen & Steers Real Estate Opportunities & Income Fund is an open end balanced mutual fund launched and managed by Cohen & Steers Capital Management, Inc It invests in the public equity and fixed income markets of global region. For its equity portion, the fund invests directly and through derivatives in stocks of companies operating across financials, diversified financials, mortgage real estate investment trusts (reits) and real estate sectors.