CENTRAL TRUST Co Acquires 56,309 Shares of iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF $DGRO

CENTRAL TRUST Co raised its stake in shares of iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:DGRO) by 2,376.9% in the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 58,678 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 56,309 shares during the period. CENTRAL TRUST Co’s holdings in iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF were worth $3,995,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of DGRO. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. lifted its position in iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF by 42.4% in the second quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 13,535,976 shares of the company’s stock valued at $865,424,000 after purchasing an additional 4,028,341 shares during the last quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp boosted its holdings in iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF by 16.4% in the third quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 8,606,166 shares of the company’s stock worth $583,076,000 after acquiring an additional 1,211,980 shares in the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. grew its position in iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF by 15.8% during the 2nd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 7,904,167 shares of the company’s stock valued at $504,803,000 after purchasing an additional 1,080,418 shares during the last quarter. MML Investors Services LLC raised its holdings in iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF by 25.9% in the second quarter. MML Investors Services LLC now owns 4,534,983 shares of the company’s stock worth $289,967,000 after buying an additional 934,207 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Hughes Financial Services LLC increased its holdings in iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF by 86,423.7% in the 2nd quarter. Hughes Financial Services LLC now owns 591,822 shares of the company’s stock worth $38,356,000 after buying an additional 591,138 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF Trading Up 0.5%

Shares of DGRO stock opened at $73.62 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $38.44 billion, a P/E ratio of 19.66 and a beta of 0.84. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $71.03 and its 200 day moving average is $68.73. iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF has a 12-month low of $54.09 and a 12-month high of $74.28.

iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF Company Profile

The iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF (DGRO) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the Morningstar US Dividend Growth index. The fund tracks an index of US stocks that are selected by dividends, dividend growth and payout ratio, then weighted by dividend dollars. DGRO was launched on Jun 10, 2014 and is managed by BlackRock.