Goldstone Financial Group LLC Purchases New Holdings in iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:DGRO)

Goldstone Financial Group LLC acquired a new position in iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:DGRO) in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund acquired 42,627 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,672,000.

Several other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Cetera Investment Advisers raised its position in shares of iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF by 319.5% during the first quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 1,922,423 shares of the company’s stock worth $111,616,000 after acquiring an additional 1,464,167 shares during the last quarter. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC raised its holdings in iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF by 1,953.2% during the 2nd quarter. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC now owns 1,285,983 shares of the company’s stock worth $741,000 after purchasing an additional 1,223,349 shares during the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC lifted its position in iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF by 8.8% during the 2nd quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 12,950,815 shares of the company’s stock valued at $746,096,000 after purchasing an additional 1,047,837 shares during the period. Sanctuary Advisors LLC acquired a new position in iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF during the 2nd quarter valued at about $45,148,000. Finally, Smith Anglin Financial LLC boosted its stake in shares of iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF by 78.4% in the 3rd quarter. Smith Anglin Financial LLC now owns 1,346,692 shares of the company’s stock valued at $84,424,000 after purchasing an additional 591,701 shares during the last quarter.

iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF Price Performance

DGRO opened at $62.43 on Thursday. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $62.26 and a 200 day simple moving average of $59.47. iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF has a fifty-two week low of $47.77 and a fifty-two week high of $64.00. The company has a market cap of $29.56 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.25 and a beta of 0.71.

iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF Profile

The iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF (DGRO) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the Morningstar US Dividend Growth index. The fund tracks an index of US stocks that are selected by dividends, dividend growth and payout ratio, then weighted by dividend dollars. DGRO was launched on Jun 10, 2014 and is managed by BlackRock.