First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF $RDVY Holdings Raised by Aptus Capital Advisors LLC

Aptus Capital Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (NASDAQ:RDVY) by 6.0% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 647,858 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 36,536 shares during the period. Aptus Capital Advisors LLC’s holdings in First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF were worth $45,007,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the stock. LPL Financial LLC lifted its holdings in shares of First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF by 10.5% during the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 30,504,116 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,119,121,000 after purchasing an additional 2,907,770 shares during the last quarter. Morgan Stanley lifted its holdings in shares of First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF by 4.9% during the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 20,152,942 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,400,025,000 after purchasing an additional 940,590 shares during the last quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN lifted its holdings in shares of First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF by 10.6% during the fourth quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 11,276,215 shares of the company’s stock valued at $783,359,000 after purchasing an additional 1,076,558 shares during the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF by 1.8% during the second quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 11,201,473 shares of the company’s stock valued at $702,780,000 after purchasing an additional 198,938 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Ameriprise Financial Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF by 10.1% during the third quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 7,790,897 shares of the company’s stock valued at $523,914,000 after purchasing an additional 716,800 shares during the last quarter.

First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF Stock Up 1.1%

Shares of NASDAQ RDVY opened at $78.58 on Friday. First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF has a 12 month low of $60.30 and a 12 month high of $78.71. The company has a market cap of $23.08 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.46 and a beta of 1.01. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $74.31 and a 200-day simple moving average of $71.92.

First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF Cuts Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 31st. Stockholders of record on Thursday, March 26th were issued a dividend of $0.1813 per share. This represents a $0.73 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.9%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, March 26th.

First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF Profile

The First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (RDVY) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the NASDAQ US Rising Dividend Achievers index. The fund tracks an index of 50 large-cap stocks with rising, high-quality dividends. RDVY was launched on Jan 6, 2014 and is managed by First Trust.