Avantax Advisory Services Inc. Grows Stock Holdings in First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Archievers ETF (NASDAQ:SDVY)

Avantax Advisory Services Inc. boosted its holdings in First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Archievers ETF (NASDAQ:SDVY) by 25.4% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 723,521 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 146,659 shares during the period. Avantax Advisory Services Inc.’s holdings in First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Archievers ETF were worth $25,938,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the business. LPL Financial LLC grew its stake in First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Archievers ETF by 17.1% in the 3rd quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 17,987,114 shares of the company’s stock valued at $654,371,000 after buying an additional 2,628,717 shares in the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. purchased a new position in First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Archievers ETF in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $381,301,000. Capital Investment Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Archievers ETF by 8.2% during the 4th quarter. Capital Investment Advisors LLC now owns 3,510,050 shares of the company’s stock valued at $125,835,000 after purchasing an additional 267,372 shares in the last quarter. Park National Corp OH grew its position in shares of First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Archievers ETF by 11.7% during the 4th quarter. Park National Corp OH now owns 2,827,593 shares of the company’s stock valued at $101,369,000 after purchasing an additional 296,558 shares in the last quarter. Finally, LVZ Inc. grew its position in shares of First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Archievers ETF by 0.7% during the 4th quarter. LVZ Inc. now owns 2,726,811 shares of the company’s stock valued at $97,756,000 after purchasing an additional 17,661 shares in the last quarter.

First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Archievers ETF Price Performance

SDVY opened at $33.13 on Wednesday. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $36.31 and a 200-day moving average price of $36.67. The firm has a market capitalization of $7.79 billion, a P/E ratio of 13.44 and a beta of 1.21. First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Archievers ETF has a one year low of $32.22 and a one year high of $40.60.

First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Archievers ETF Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 31st. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 13th were given a dividend of $0.1821 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, December 13th.

First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Archievers ETF 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.