ProShares S&P 500 Aristocrats ETF (BATS:NOBL) Shares Sold by Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management

Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management trimmed its stake in shares of ProShares S&P 500 Aristocrats ETF (BATS:NOBL) by 60.7% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 2,808 shares of the company’s stock after selling 4,330 shares during the period. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management’s holdings in ProShares S&P 500 Aristocrats ETF were worth $267,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of NOBL. Morgan Stanley increased its position in shares of ProShares S&P 500 Aristocrats ETF by 0.8% in the third quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 12,499,896 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,106,866,000 after acquiring an additional 100,735 shares in the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC raised its holdings in ProShares S&P 500 Aristocrats ETF by 8.0% in the 3rd quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 2,985,543 shares of the company’s stock valued at $264,370,000 after acquiring an additional 220,263 shares in the last quarter. Royal Bank of Canada raised its stake in shares of ProShares S&P 500 Aristocrats ETF by 2.3% in the third quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 1,524,703 shares of the company’s stock valued at $135,013,000 after purchasing an additional 34,122 shares in the last quarter. Cliftonlarsonallen Wealth Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of ProShares S&P 500 Aristocrats ETF by 0.5% in the 4th quarter. Cliftonlarsonallen Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 1,189,256 shares of the company’s stock valued at $113,217,000 after buying an additional 5,334 shares in the last quarter. Finally, IAM Advisory LLC lifted its stake in ProShares S&P 500 Aristocrats ETF by 4.2% during the fourth quarter. IAM Advisory LLC now owns 972,029 shares of the company’s stock worth $92,537,000 after purchasing an additional 39,317 shares during the period.

ProShares S&P 500 Aristocrats ETF Price Performance

Shares of NOBL stock opened at $99.45 on Friday. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $98.46 and its 200 day simple moving average is $94.63. ProShares S&P 500 Aristocrats ETF has a one year low of $55.69 and a one year high of $67.97. The firm has a market cap of $12.08 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.81 and a beta of 0.68.

About ProShares S&P 500 Aristocrats ETF

The ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF (NOBL) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats index. The fund tracks an equal-weighted index of S&P 500 constituents that have increased dividend payments annually for at least 25 years. NOBL was launched on Oct 9, 2013 and is managed by ProShares.