Blair William & Co. IL Acquires 626 Shares of SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF (NYSEARCA:XHB)

Blair William & Co. IL raised its position in shares of SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF (NYSEARCA:XHB) by 142.9% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 1,064 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 626 shares during the period. Blair William & Co. IL’s holdings in SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF were worth $111,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. AssuredPartners Investment Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF in the fourth quarter worth $262,000. Moment Partners LLC bought a new position in SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF in the fourth quarter worth about $249,000. LPL Financial LLC lifted its position in SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF by 6.6% during the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 396,616 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $41,446,000 after acquiring an additional 24,723 shares during the last quarter. Guardian Partners Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF during the 4th quarter valued at $325,000. Finally, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans raised its stake in SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF by 302.1% in the fourth quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 23,397 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,445,000 after buying an additional 17,578 shares during the last quarter.

SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF Stock Up 1.1 %

XHB stock opened at $92.87 on Monday. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.27 billion, a PE ratio of 12.26 and a beta of 1.51. SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF has a 52 week low of $89.06 and a 52 week high of $126.09. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $101.97 and a 200 day moving average of $110.92.

SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 26th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 24th were given a dividend of $0.313 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 24th. This is a boost from SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF’s previous dividend of $0.15.

SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF Company Profile

SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF (the Fund) seeks to closely match the returns and characteristics of the S&P Homebuilders Select Industry Index. The S&P Homebuilders Select Industry Index represents the homebuilding sub-industry portion of the S&P Total Markets Index. The S&P TMI tracks all the United States common stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange, American Stock Exchange, National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation (NASDAQ) National Market and NASDAQ Small Cap exchanges.