Invesco QQQ (NASDAQ:QQQ) Trading Down 1.2% – Here’s What Happened

Invesco QQQ (NASDAQ:QQQ)’s stock price fell 1.2% during mid-day trading on Thursday . The company traded as low as $491.65 and last traded at $495.77. 16,077,717 shares were traded during trading, a decline of 54% from the average session volume of 34,841,349 shares. The stock had previously closed at $502.01.

Invesco QQQ Price Performance

The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $520.28 and its 200-day simple moving average is $503.86. The company has a market capitalization of $308.01 billion, a PE ratio of 33.43 and a beta of 1.11.

Invesco QQQ Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 31st. Shareholders of record on Monday, December 23rd were issued a dividend of $0.8347 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, December 23rd.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Invesco QQQ

Several institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Proficio Capital Partners LLC boosted its holdings in Invesco QQQ by 51,292.3% in the fourth quarter. Proficio Capital Partners LLC now owns 11,500,566 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $5,879,434,000 after purchasing an additional 11,478,188 shares during the period. Ameriprise Financial Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Invesco QQQ by 20.2% in the 4th quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 4,500,368 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,300,993,000 after buying an additional 756,990 shares during the period. Toronto Dominion Bank grew its position in shares of Invesco QQQ by 13.0% during the third quarter. Toronto Dominion Bank now owns 4,261,790 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,080,052,000 after buying an additional 488,815 shares in the last quarter. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC grew its position in shares of Invesco QQQ by 47,853.9% during the fourth quarter. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC now owns 4,113,968 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,103,184,000 after buying an additional 4,105,389 shares in the last quarter. Finally, PNC Financial Services Group Inc. increased its stake in shares of Invesco QQQ by 0.9% during the fourth quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 3,116,706 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,593,354,000 after buying an additional 27,115 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 44.58% of the company’s stock.

Invesco QQQ Company Profile

PowerShares QQQ Trust, Series 1 is a unit investment trust that issues securities called Nasdaq-100 Index Tracking Stock. The Trust’s investment objective is to provide investment results that generally correspond to the price and yield performance of the Nasdaq-100 Index. The Trust provides investors with the opportunity to purchase units of beneficial interest in the Trust representing proportionate undivided interests in the portfolio of securities held by the Trust, which consists of substantially all of the securities, in substantially the same weighting, as the component securities of the Nasdaq-100 Index.