Aptus Capital Advisors LLC Has $17.88 Million Holdings in First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF $SDVY

Aptus Capital Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (NASDAQ:SDVY) by 6.8% during the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 470,400 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 30,111 shares during the period. Aptus Capital Advisors LLC owned 0.20% of First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF worth $17,884,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of SDVY. Cetera Investment Advisers raised its holdings in shares of First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF by 5.5% in the 2nd quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 5,276,231 shares of the company’s stock valued at $186,145,000 after purchasing an additional 273,077 shares during the period. Capital Investment Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF by 5.0% during the 3rd quarter. Capital Investment Advisors LLC now owns 4,170,826 shares of the company’s stock worth $158,573,000 after purchasing an additional 198,680 shares during the last quarter. Park National Corp OH boosted its stake in First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF by 1.1% in the 3rd quarter. Park National Corp OH now owns 3,412,175 shares of the company’s stock valued at $129,729,000 after purchasing an additional 35,601 shares during the period. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC grew its holdings in First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF by 17.1% in the 3rd quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC now owns 3,384,431 shares of the company’s stock valued at $128,674,000 after buying an additional 494,306 shares in the last quarter. Finally, HighTower Advisors LLC increased its position in First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF by 20.3% during the third quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 3,127,052 shares of the company’s stock worth $118,890,000 after acquiring an additional 528,572 shares during the period.

First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF Trading Down 1.9%

Shares of NASDAQ:SDVY opened at $40.25 on Friday. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $40.88 and a 200-day moving average of $38.98. First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF has a 12 month low of $28.84 and a 12 month high of $42.89. The stock has a market capitalization of $10.09 billion, a PE ratio of 14.54 and a beta of 1.12.

First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, December 31st. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 12th were given a dividend of $0.1305 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, December 12th. This represents a $0.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.3%. This is a boost from First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.10.

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.