Integrity Alliance LLC. Sells 42,915 Shares of First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF $SDVY

Integrity Alliance LLC. reduced its position in shares of First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (NASDAQ:SDVY) by 49.6% in the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 43,630 shares of the company’s stock after selling 42,915 shares during the quarter. Integrity Alliance LLC.’s holdings in First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF were worth $1,771,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of SDVY. Stiles Financial Services Inc grew its position in First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF by 5.9% in the third quarter. Stiles Financial Services Inc now owns 22,364 shares of the company’s stock valued at $908,000 after purchasing an additional 1,241 shares in the last quarter. Frederick Financial Consultants LLC increased its position in shares of First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF by 13.9% in the third quarter. Frederick Financial Consultants LLC now owns 21,937 shares of the company’s stock valued at $890,000 after acquiring an additional 2,683 shares during the last quarter. Signature Equity Partners LLC raised its holdings in First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF by 13,790.0% during the third quarter. Signature Equity Partners LLC now owns 4,167 shares of the company’s stock worth $169,000 after acquiring an additional 4,137 shares in the last quarter. XML Financial LLC boosted its position in First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF by 174.5% during the third quarter. XML Financial LLC now owns 14,896 shares of the company’s stock valued at $604,000 after purchasing an additional 9,469 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Investment Partners LTD. boosted its position in First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF by 6.3% during the third quarter. Investment Partners LTD. now owns 25,906 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,051,000 after purchasing an additional 1,540 shares during the last quarter.

First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF Stock Up 1.7%

NASDAQ:SDVY opened at $43.31 on Thursday. First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF has a twelve month low of $36.40 and a twelve month high of $45.11. The firm has a market capitalization of $11.44 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.54 and a beta of 1.02. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $42.05 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $41.95.

First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, September 30th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, September 24th were paid a dividend of $0.1002 per share. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, September 24th. This represents a $0.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.9%. This is a boost from First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.0901.

First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF Company Profile

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.