Thrivent Financial for Lutherans Grows Stock Holdings in iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF $DGRO

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans increased its stake in iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:DGRO) by 16.9% during the 2nd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 101,380 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 14,661 shares during the period. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans’ holdings in iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF were worth $6,482,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF by 42.4% during the 2nd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 13,535,976 shares of the company’s stock valued at $865,424,000 after buying an additional 4,028,341 shares during the period. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC purchased a new stake in iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF during the second quarter valued at $175,229,000. Jones Financial Companies Lllp increased its position in iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF by 38.2% during the first quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 5,837,667 shares of the company’s stock valued at $356,986,000 after acquiring an additional 1,612,709 shares during the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. lifted its holdings in iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF by 15.8% in the second quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 7,904,167 shares of the company’s stock valued at $504,803,000 after acquiring an additional 1,080,418 shares during the period. Finally, MML Investors Services LLC boosted its position 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 purchasing an additional 934,207 shares during the last quarter.

iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF Stock Down 0.0%

iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF stock opened at $69.19 on Friday. iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF has a 52-week low of $54.09 and a 52-week high of $70.61. The company has a market cap of $35.11 billion, a P/E ratio of 19.66 and a beta of 0.84. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $68.65 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $66.62.

About iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF

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.