First Trust Capital Strength ETF $FTCS Shares Purchased by Ameriflex Group Inc.

Ameriflex Group Inc. grew its stake in shares of First Trust Capital Strength ETF (NASDAQ:FTCS) by 459.0% during the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 7,636 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 6,270 shares during the quarter. Ameriflex Group Inc.’s holdings in First Trust Capital Strength ETF were worth $715,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Vestmark Advisory Solutions Inc. grew its holdings in First Trust Capital Strength ETF by 78.9% during the second quarter. Vestmark Advisory Solutions Inc. now owns 322,546 shares of the company’s stock worth $29,316,000 after acquiring an additional 142,229 shares during the period. Jones Financial Companies Lllp boosted its holdings in shares of First Trust Capital Strength ETF by 19.9% in the third quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 665,115 shares of the company’s stock worth $61,760,000 after buying an additional 110,480 shares during the period. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd increased its position in shares of First Trust Capital Strength ETF by 491.7% in the second quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd now owns 68,187 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,198,000 after acquiring an additional 56,664 shares in the last quarter. Wedbush Securities Inc. increased its position in shares of First Trust Capital Strength ETF by 156.2% in the second quarter. Wedbush Securities Inc. now owns 74,283 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,752,000 after acquiring an additional 45,292 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Kingswood Wealth Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of First Trust Capital Strength ETF by 56.4% during the third quarter. Kingswood Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 87,278 shares of the company’s stock valued at $8,173,000 after acquiring an additional 31,483 shares during the period.

First Trust Capital Strength ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:FTCS opened at $97.10 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $8.31 billion, a PE ratio of 21.51 and a beta of 0.80. First Trust Capital Strength ETF has a 52 week low of $80.65 and a 52 week high of $99.74. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $96.54 and a 200 day simple moving average of $93.97.

First Trust Capital Strength 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 paid a dividend of $0.2607 per share. This is an increase from First Trust Capital Strength ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.25. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, December 12th. This represents a $1.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.1%.

First Trust Capital Strength ETF Company Profile

First Trust Capital Strength ETF, formerly First Trust Strategic Value Index Fund, seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield (before the Fund’s fees and expenses) of an equity index called the Credit Suisse U.S. Value Index, Powered by HOLT (the Index). The Index is developed, maintained and sponsored by Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Credit Suisse Group AG (collectively, the Index Provider). The Fund will normally invest at least 90% of its net assets in common stocks that comprise the Index.