First Trust Dividend Strength ETF Declares Quarterly Dividend of $0.19 (NASDAQ:FTDS)

First Trust Dividend Strength ETF (NASDAQ:FTDS) announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, June 24th, NASDAQ Dividends reports. Stockholders of record on Thursday, June 25th will be given a dividend of 0.1928 per share on Tuesday, June 30th. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.3%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 25th.

First Trust Dividend Strength ETF Price Performance

Shares of FTDS traded up $0.40 during mid-day trading on Thursday, reaching $61.02. 2,304 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,118. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $60.37 and its 200-day simple moving average is $59.99. The stock has a market capitalization of $30.51 million, a PE ratio of 14.53 and a beta of 0.83. First Trust Dividend Strength ETF has a 52-week low of $51.83 and a 52-week high of $63.54.

First Trust Dividend Strength ETF Company Profile

The First Trust Dividend Strength ETF (FTDS) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the The Dividend Strength index. The fund tracks an index of approximately 50 US stocks or REITs considered to be well-capitalized and have a history of increasing their dividends. Holdings are selected based on fundamental criteria and equally-weighted within the portfolio. FTDS was launched on Dec 6, 2006 and is managed by First Trust.