Ellis Investment Partners LLC Raises Holdings in SPDR S&P Retail ETF $XRT

Ellis Investment Partners LLC lifted its position in shares of SPDR S&P Retail ETF (NYSEARCA:XRT) by 12.6% during the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 21,654 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 2,428 shares during the quarter. Ellis Investment Partners LLC owned approximately 0.68% of SPDR S&P Retail ETF worth $1,669,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in XRT. CX Institutional grew its holdings in SPDR S&P Retail ETF by 2,518.4% during the 1st quarter. CX Institutional now owns 1,283 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $89,000 after acquiring an additional 1,234 shares in the last quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC lifted its position in shares of SPDR S&P Retail ETF by 51.8% in the 1st quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 13,126 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $907,000 after purchasing an additional 4,481 shares during the period. Headlands Technologies LLC bought a new position in shares of SPDR S&P Retail ETF during the first quarter valued at approximately $188,000. Quantitative Investment Management LLC purchased a new position in SPDR S&P Retail ETF during the first quarter valued at approximately $3,435,000. Finally, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. raised its stake in SPDR S&P Retail ETF by 132.3% in the first quarter. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. now owns 16,371 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,122,000 after buying an additional 9,323 shares in the last quarter.

SPDR S&P Retail ETF Stock Down 3.1%

SPDR S&P Retail ETF stock opened at $80.93 on Monday. The firm has a market cap of $303.49 million, a P/E ratio of 14.70 and a beta of 1.31. The business has a fifty day moving average of $85.01 and a two-hundred day moving average of $78.04. SPDR S&P Retail ETF has a twelve month low of $61.33 and a twelve month high of $89.41.

SPDR S&P Retail ETF Profile

SPDR S&P Retail ETF (the Fund) seeks to replicate as closely as possible the performance of the S&P Retail Select Industry Index (the Index). The Index is an equal weighted market cap index. The Index represents the retail sub-industry portion of the S&P Total Market Index. The Fund invests in industries, such as apparel retail, automotive retail, food retail, department stores, Internet retail, general merchandise stores, drug retail, and hypermarkets and super centers.