Atlantic Power Corp (AT)

In trading on Monday, shares of Atlantic Power Corp touched a new 52-week high of $2.75/share. That's a 75.16% rise, or $1.18 per share from the 52-week low of $1.57 set back on 12/23/2015.

A look at the weighted underlying holdings of the PowerShares Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio (EQWS) shows an impressive 10.5% of holdings on a weighted basis have experienced insider buying within the past six months. START SLIDESHOW:10 ETFs With Stocks That Insiders Are Buying » Atlantic Power Corp , which makes up 0.18% of the PowerShares Russell 2000 Equal Weight Portfolio (EQWS), has seen 3 directors and officers purchase shares in the past six months, according to the recent Form 4 data.

The most recent short interest data has been released by the NASDAQ for the 02/12/2016 settlement date, which shows a 639,629 share increase in total short interest for Atlantic Power Corp , to 5,315,522, an increase of 13.68% since 01/29/2016. Total short interest is just one way to look at short data; another metric that we here at Dividend Channel find particularly useful is the "days to cover" metric because it considers both the total shares short and the average daily volume of shares traded.

The most recent short interest data was recently released by the NASDAQ for the 01/15/2016 settlement date, and Atlantic Power Corp is one of the most shorted stocks of the Russell 3000, based on 6.55 "days to cover" versus the median component at 4.77. There are a number of ways to look at short data, but one metric that we find particularly useful is the "days to cover" because it considers both the total shares short and the average daily volume of shares typically traded.

Stocks with insider trader activity include ASFI, ARC and AT

Stocks with insider trader activity include MTSI, AT and W

Stocks with insider trader activity include AT, W and GLP

Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 11/26/15, Atlantic Power Corp will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.03, payable on 12/31/15. As a percentage of AT's recent stock price of $2.10, this dividend works out to approximately 1.43%, so look for shares of Atlantic Power Corp to trade 1.43% lower — all else being equal — when AT shares open for trading on 11/26/15.

In this series, we look through the most recent Dividend Channel ''DividendRank'' report, and then we cherry pick only those companies that have experienced insider buying within the past six months. The officers and directors of a company tend to have a unique insider's view of the business, and presumably the only reason an insider would choose to take their hard-earned cash and use it to buy stock in the open market, is that they expect to make money — maybe they find the stock very undervalued, or maybe they see exciting progress within the company, or maybe both.

The most recent short interest data was recently released by the NASDAQ for the 09/30/2015 settlement date, and Atlantic Power Corp is one of the most shorted stocks of the Russell 3000, based on 7.57 "days to cover" versus the median component at 5.50. There are a number of ways to look at short data, but one metric that we find particularly useful is the "days to cover" because it considers both the total shares short and the average daily volume of shares typically traded.

The most recent short interest data has been released by the NASDAQ for the 09/30/2015 settlement date, which shows a 610,549 share decrease in total short interest for Atlantic Power Corp , to 4,495,863, a decrease of 11.96% since 09/15/2015. Total short interest is just one way to look at short data; another metric that we here at Dividend Channel find particularly useful is the "days to cover" metric because it considers both the total shares short and the average daily volume of shares traded.

Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 8/27/15, Atlantic Power Corp will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.03, payable on 9/30/15. As a percentage of AT's recent stock price of $2.02, this dividend works out to approximately 1.49%, so look for shares of Atlantic Power Corp to trade 1.49% lower — all else being equal — when AT shares open for trading on 8/27/15.

Stocks with insider trader activity include AT, FB and FNHC

Stocks with insider trader activity include AT, EGOV and RDNT

Stocks with insider trader activity include COSI, CODI and AT