Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF (NASDAQ:QVAL) Hits New 52-Week High – Time to Buy?

Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF (NASDAQ:QVAL) hit a new 52-week high during trading on Wednesday. The company traded as high as $65.02 and last traded at $64.8050, with a volume of 40,961 shares changing hands. The stock had previously closed at $63.80.

Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF Trading Up 1.9%

The stock has a market cap of $720.64 million, a P/E ratio of 12.46 and a beta of 0.97. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $61.24 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $56.43.

Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, September 30th. Shareholders of record on Monday, September 28th were paid a $0.2415 dividend. This is a positive change from Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.1856. The ex-dividend date was Monday, September 28th. This represents a $0.97 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.5%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A hedge fund recently bought a new position in Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF stock. Stillwater Private Wealth LLC purchased a new stake in Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF (NASDAQ:QVAL) in the first quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund purchased 101,493 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,291,000. Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF makes up 4.5% of Stillwater Private Wealth LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 5th largest position. Stillwater Private Wealth LLC owned 1.08% of Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Alpha Architect U.S. Quantitative Value ETF Company Profile

The Alpha Architect US Quantitative Value ETF (QVAL) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in total market equity. The fund is an active, equal-weighted portfolio of US value stocks, screened for forensic accounting and earnings quality. QVAL was launched on Oct 22, 2014 and is issued by Alpha Architect.