Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC Buys 175,217 Shares of First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Archievers ETF (NASDAQ:SDVY)

Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC lifted its stake in shares of First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Archievers ETF (NASDAQ:SDVY) by 19.3% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 1,080,895 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 175,217 shares during the period. Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC owned approximately 0.49% of First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Archievers ETF worth $38,750,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. LPL Financial LLC increased its position in shares of First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Archievers ETF by 17.1% during the third quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 17,987,114 shares of the company’s stock worth $654,371,000 after acquiring an additional 2,628,717 shares in the last quarter. Capital Investment Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Archievers ETF by 8.2% during the fourth quarter. Capital Investment Advisors LLC now owns 3,510,050 shares of the company’s stock worth $125,835,000 after purchasing an additional 267,372 shares during the last quarter. Park National Corp OH boosted its holdings in First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Archievers ETF by 11.7% during the fourth quarter. Park National Corp OH now owns 2,827,593 shares of the company’s stock worth $101,369,000 after purchasing an additional 296,558 shares during the last quarter. Truist Financial Corp boosted its holdings in First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Archievers ETF by 7.8% during the fourth quarter. Truist Financial Corp now owns 2,629,953 shares of the company’s stock worth $94,284,000 after purchasing an additional 190,665 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Stifel Financial Corp boosted its holdings in First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Archievers ETF by 16.3% during the third quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 2,485,251 shares of the company’s stock worth $90,415,000 after purchasing an additional 347,799 shares during the last quarter.

First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Archievers ETF Trading Down 2.7 %

Shares of SDVY opened at $34.53 on Tuesday. First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Archievers ETF has a 12 month low of $32.22 and a 12 month high of $40.60. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $36.59 and a 200 day simple moving average of $36.73. The stock has a market capitalization of $7.70 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.91 and a beta of 1.18.

First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Archievers ETF Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 31st. Investors of record on Friday, December 13th were issued a dividend of $0.1821 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, December 13th.

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.