iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF Target of Unusually High Options Trading (NYSEARCA:DGRO)

iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:DGRO) was the recipient of some unusual options trading activity on Monday. Investors bought 31,404 call options on the stock. This is an increase of 3,277% compared to the average daily volume of 930 call options.

iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF Price Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA:DGRO opened at $73.14 on Tuesday. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $71.83 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $70.39. iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF has a one year low of $56.60 and a one year high of $74.28. The company has a market cap of $39.38 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.66 and a beta of 0.80.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Opulen Financial Group LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF by 0.7% during the 4th quarter. Opulen Financial Group LLC now owns 19,879 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,380,000 after acquiring an additional 136 shares during the last quarter. Post Resch Tallon Group Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF by 0.5% during the 3rd quarter. Post Resch Tallon Group Inc. now owns 30,447 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,073,000 after acquiring an additional 150 shares during the last quarter. Cvfg LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF by 2.3% during the 3rd quarter. Cvfg LLC now owns 6,595 shares of the company’s stock worth $449,000 after acquiring an additional 150 shares during the last quarter. Dakota Wealth Management lifted its holdings in shares of iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF by 3.3% during the 4th quarter. Dakota Wealth Management now owns 4,755 shares of the company’s stock worth $330,000 after acquiring an additional 150 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Huntleigh Advisors Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF by 4.3% during the 4th quarter. Huntleigh Advisors Inc. now owns 3,610 shares of the company’s stock worth $251,000 after acquiring an additional 150 shares during the last quarter.

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.