Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC Takes Position in SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF $SPTS

Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC bought a new position in shares of SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF (NYSEARCA:SPTS) in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm bought 23,570 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $691,000.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of SPTS. State Street Corp grew its holdings in SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF by 3.3% during the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 12,419,060 shares of the company’s stock worth $363,754,000 after acquiring an additional 400,533 shares during the period. GLOBALT Investments LLC GA boosted its position in shares of SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF by 9.6% during the 2nd quarter. GLOBALT Investments LLC GA now owns 4,536,877 shares of the company’s stock valued at $132,885,000 after purchasing an additional 397,817 shares in the last quarter. Members Trust Co grew its stake in SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF by 46.3% during the second quarter. Members Trust Co now owns 3,388,316 shares of the company’s stock worth $99,244,000 after purchasing an additional 1,071,568 shares during the period. Cerity Partners LLC increased its holdings in SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF by 0.5% in the third quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 2,781,660 shares of the company’s stock worth $81,558,000 after purchasing an additional 13,661 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Evermay Wealth Management LLC lifted its stake in SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF by 6.6% in the second quarter. Evermay Wealth Management LLC now owns 2,313,895 shares of the company’s stock valued at $67,774,000 after buying an additional 143,786 shares during the period.

SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF Stock Performance

SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF stock opened at $29.27 on Friday. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $29.27 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $29.28. SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF has a 52-week low of $28.94 and a 52-week high of $29.39. The stock has a market capitalization of $5.56 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -65.08 and a beta of 0.05.

SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, February 5th. Investors of record on Monday, February 2nd were given a $0.1017 dividend. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.2%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, February 2nd. This is a positive change from SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.09. SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF’s dividend payout ratio is presently -257.94%.

About SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF

The SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF (SPTS) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in investment grade fixed income. The fund tracks a market-value-weighted index of US Treasurys with remaining maturities between 1-3 years. SPTS was launched on Nov 30, 2011 and is managed by State Street.