SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF $SPTS Shares Acquired by Creative Financial Designs Inc. ADV

Creative Financial Designs Inc. ADV grew its position in shares of SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF (NYSEARCA:SPTS) by 5.3% during the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 944,178 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 47,118 shares during the quarter. SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF makes up approximately 1.9% of Creative Financial Designs Inc. ADV’s portfolio, making the stock its 7th largest position. Creative Financial Designs Inc. ADV’s holdings in SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF were worth $27,683,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. NewEdge Advisors LLC increased its position in SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF by 76.2% during the first quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 34,757 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,016,000 after acquiring an additional 15,030 shares during the period. Jones Financial Companies Lllp grew its position in shares of SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF by 2,864.3% during the 1st quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 15,118 shares of the company’s stock worth $442,000 after purchasing an additional 14,608 shares in the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. grew its position in shares of SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF by 129.0% during the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 236,393 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,912,000 after purchasing an additional 133,182 shares in the last quarter. Jane Street Group LLC bought a new position in shares of SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF during the first quarter worth approximately $1,606,000. Finally, Flagship Harbor Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF by 5.6% in the second quarter. Flagship Harbor Advisors LLC now owns 40,254 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,179,000 after buying an additional 2,136 shares in the last quarter.

SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF Price Performance

SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF stock opened at $29.39 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $5.58 billion, a PE ratio of -65.35 and a beta of 0.05. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $29.28 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $29.29. SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF has a one year low of $29.06 and a one year high of $29.40.

SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, February 5th. Investors of record on Monday, February 2nd were given a dividend of $0.1017 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, February 2nd. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.2%. This is an increase from SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.09. SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF’s dividend payout ratio is currently -257.94%.

SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF Profile

The SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF (SPTS) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in investment grade fixed income. The fund tracks a market-value-weighted index of US Treasurys with remaining maturities between 1-3 years. SPTS was launched on Nov 30, 2011 and is managed by State Street.