Stratos Wealth Partners LTD. Raises Position in First Trust Enhanced Short Maturity ETF $FTSM

Stratos Wealth Partners LTD. lifted its position in shares of First Trust Enhanced Short Maturity ETF (NASDAQ:FTSM) by 62.0% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 145,111 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 55,526 shares during the quarter. Stratos Wealth Partners LTD.’s holdings in First Trust Enhanced Short Maturity ETF were worth $8,694,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Paragon Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in First Trust Enhanced Short Maturity ETF in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $63,815,000. Csenge Advisory Group lifted its holdings in shares of First Trust Enhanced Short Maturity ETF by 32.3% in the 2nd quarter. Csenge Advisory Group now owns 1,566,530 shares of the company’s stock valued at $93,678,000 after buying an additional 382,650 shares during the period. Summit Financial Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of First Trust Enhanced Short Maturity ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $20,026,000. First Trust Advisors LP boosted its stake in shares of First Trust Enhanced Short Maturity ETF by 22.2% in the second quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 1,442,892 shares of the company’s stock valued at $86,386,000 after buying an additional 261,933 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Titleist Asset Management LLC acquired a new position in First Trust Enhanced Short Maturity ETF during the third quarter worth $12,745,000.

First Trust Enhanced Short Maturity ETF Trading Down 0.0%

NASDAQ:FTSM opened at $59.98 on Thursday. First Trust Enhanced Short Maturity ETF has a 1 year low of $59.73 and a 1 year high of $60.14. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $60.00 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $60.00.

First Trust Enhanced Short Maturity ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, February 3rd. Investors of record on Friday, January 30th were paid a $0.205 dividend. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.1%. This is a positive change from First Trust Enhanced Short Maturity ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.20. The ex-dividend date was Friday, January 30th.

About First Trust Enhanced Short Maturity ETF

The First Trust Enhanced Short Maturity ETF (FTSM) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the Bloomberg U.S. Short Treasury Bond index. The fund is actively-managed to invest in a variety of fixed income securities with a target maturity of less than three years. FTSM was launched on Aug 5, 2014 and is managed by First Trust.