Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. Buys 13,691 Shares of First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Archievers ETF (NASDAQ:SDVY)

Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. grew its stake in shares of First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Archievers ETF (NASDAQ:SDVY) by 33.2% in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 54,869 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 13,691 shares during the period. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc.’s holdings in First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Archievers ETF were worth $1,967,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the stock. LPL Financial LLC increased its holdings in shares of First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Archievers ETF by 17.1% during the third quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 17,987,114 shares of the company’s stock valued at $654,371,000 after acquiring an additional 2,628,717 shares in the last quarter. Raymond James & Associates increased its holdings in shares of First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Archievers ETF by 18.8% during the third quarter. Raymond James & Associates now owns 4,234,856 shares of the company’s stock valued at $154,064,000 after acquiring an additional 669,172 shares in the last quarter. Capital Investment Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Archievers ETF by 8.2% during the fourth quarter. Capital Investment Advisors LLC now owns 3,510,050 shares of the company’s stock valued at $125,835,000 after acquiring an additional 267,372 shares in the last quarter. Park National Corp OH increased its holdings in shares of First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Archievers ETF by 11.7% during the fourth quarter. Park National Corp OH now owns 2,827,593 shares of the company’s stock valued at $101,369,000 after acquiring an additional 296,558 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Stifel Financial Corp increased its holdings in shares of First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Archievers ETF by 16.3% during the third quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 2,485,251 shares of the company’s stock valued at $90,415,000 after acquiring an additional 347,799 shares in the last quarter.

First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Archievers ETF Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:SDVY opened at $36.60 on Wednesday. First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Archievers ETF has a 1-year low of $30.93 and a 1-year high of $40.60. The company has a market capitalization of $7.87 billion, a PE ratio of 8.30 and a beta of 1.18. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $37.69 and a 200-day moving average price of $36.16.

First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Archievers ETF Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 31st. Investors 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.