Ellis Investment Partners LLC Buys 1,164 Shares of SPDR S&P Retail ETF (NYSEARCA:XRT)

Ellis Investment Partners LLC boosted its stake in SPDR S&P Retail ETF (NYSEARCA:XRT) by 6.4% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 19,332 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,164 shares during the quarter. Ellis Investment Partners LLC’s holdings in SPDR S&P Retail ETF were worth $1,539,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Several other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of XRT. Venture Visionary Partners LLC raised its position in shares of SPDR S&P Retail ETF by 5.6% during the 3rd quarter. Venture Visionary Partners LLC now owns 83,771 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $6,508,000 after buying an additional 4,456 shares in the last quarter. Walleye Capital LLC raised its position in SPDR S&P Retail ETF by 108.3% during the third quarter. Walleye Capital LLC now owns 10,039 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $780,000 after purchasing an additional 130,858 shares in the last quarter. Econ Financial Services Corp bought a new stake in SPDR S&P Retail ETF during the fourth quarter worth about $710,000. SG Americas Securities LLC boosted its holdings in shares of SPDR S&P Retail ETF by 22.9% in the 4th quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 8,645 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $688,000 after purchasing an additional 1,612 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Empowered Funds LLC bought a new position in shares of SPDR S&P Retail ETF during the 4th quarter valued at about $564,000.

SPDR S&P Retail ETF Price Performance

NYSEARCA:XRT opened at $79.36 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $670.59 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.74 and a beta of 1.20. The business has a 50 day moving average of $80.22 and a 200 day moving average of $78.13. SPDR S&P Retail ETF has a 1-year low of $70.22 and a 1-year high of $84.84.

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.