tru Independence LLC Increases Stock Holdings in First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Archievers ETF (NASDAQ:SDVY)

tru Independence LLC grew its position in First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Archievers ETF (NASDAQ:SDVY) by 6.7% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 30,978 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,957 shares during the period. tru Independence LLC’s holdings in First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Archievers ETF were worth $1,034,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Capital Investment Advisors LLC grew its position in First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Archievers ETF by 38,705.4% during the second quarter. Capital Investment Advisors LLC now owns 3,007,808 shares of the company’s stock worth $100,401,000 after buying an additional 3,000,057 shares during the period. Wells Fargo & Company MN increased its stake in shares of First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Archievers ETF by 81.4% during the 4th quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 4,477,768 shares of the company’s stock valued at $146,736,000 after acquiring an additional 2,009,597 shares during the last quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers lifted its holdings in shares of First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Archievers ETF by 205.3% during the 1st quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 1,840,629 shares of the company’s stock worth $64,091,000 after acquiring an additional 1,237,801 shares during the period. Smith Chas P & Associates PA Cpas purchased a new position in shares of First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Archievers ETF during the 2nd quarter worth about $32,429,000. Finally, Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Archievers ETF by 34.4% in the 2nd quarter. Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc. now owns 3,266,343 shares of the company’s stock valued at $109,031,000 after purchasing an additional 835,904 shares during the last quarter.

First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Archievers ETF Trading Down 1.4 %

SDVY stock opened at $34.03 on Friday. First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Archievers ETF has a 12-month low of $26.40 and a 12-month high of $37.25. The company has a market cap of $5.10 billion, a PE ratio of 8.30 and a beta of 1.18. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $34.71 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $33.98.

First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Archievers ETF Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 28th. Investors of record on Thursday, June 27th were given a dividend of $0.1503 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, June 27th. This represents a $0.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.77%.

About First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Archievers ETF

The First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (SDVY) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in extended market equity. The fund tracks an equal-weighted index of small- and mid-cap US companies with historically increasing dividends and that meet various fundamental criteria. SDVY was launched on Nov 1, 2017 and is managed by First Trust.