Whitener Capital Management Inc. Acquires New Shares in iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF $DGRO

Whitener Capital Management Inc. acquired a new stake in iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:DGRO) in the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund acquired 7,332 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $553,000.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of DGRO. Auto Owners Insurance Co raised its holdings in iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF by 9,203.2% during the 4th quarter. Auto Owners Insurance Co now owns 47,865,090 shares of the company’s stock valued at $332,280,000 after acquiring an additional 47,350,590 shares during the period. Wealthfront Advisers LLC boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF by 25.1% in the first quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC now owns 17,425,702 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,222,936,000 after acquiring an additional 3,494,469 shares during the period. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF by 4.4% in the second quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 11,099,887 shares of the company’s stock worth $841,260,000 after acquiring an additional 472,809 shares during the period. Royal Bank of Canada boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF by 1.2% in the first quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 8,230,843 shares of the company’s stock worth $577,641,000 after acquiring an additional 93,718 shares during the period. Finally, Cetera Investment Advisers boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF by 7.4% in the first quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 3,324,499 shares of the company’s stock worth $233,313,000 after acquiring an additional 228,446 shares during the period.

iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA DGRO opened at $78.59 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $43.80 billion, a PE ratio of 19.66 and a beta of 0.76. iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF has a fifty-two week low of $67.14 and a fifty-two week high of $80.58. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $78.11 and a 200-day moving average of $75.97.

iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF Company 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.