OneAscent Financial Services LLC Buys 34,633 Shares of First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF $SDVY

OneAscent Financial Services LLC raised its stake in First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (NASDAQ:SDVY) by 147.8% during the third quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 58,068 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 34,633 shares during the period. OneAscent Financial Services LLC’s holdings in First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF were worth $2,208,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other large investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Cetera Investment Advisers boosted its stake in First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF by 5.5% in the 2nd quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 5,276,231 shares of the company’s stock worth $186,145,000 after purchasing an additional 273,077 shares in the last quarter. Capital Investment Advisors LLC raised its holdings in First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF by 5.0% in the third quarter. Capital Investment Advisors LLC now owns 4,170,826 shares of the company’s stock worth $158,573,000 after buying an additional 198,680 shares during the last quarter. Park National Corp OH lifted its stake in shares of First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF by 1.1% in the third quarter. Park National Corp OH now owns 3,412,175 shares of the company’s stock worth $129,729,000 after buying an additional 35,601 shares in the last quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC grew its holdings in shares of First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF by 17.1% during the third quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC now owns 3,384,431 shares of the company’s stock valued at $128,674,000 after buying an additional 494,306 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Harbour Investments Inc. increased its position in shares of First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF by 472.9% during the second quarter. Harbour Investments Inc. now owns 2,835,642 shares of the company’s stock valued at $100,041,000 after acquiring an additional 2,340,638 shares in the last quarter.

First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF Stock Down 1.3%

Shares of NASDAQ SDVY opened at $40.41 on Monday. The firm has a market cap of $10.07 billion, a P/E ratio of 14.54 and a beta of 1.12. First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF has a twelve month low of $28.84 and a twelve month high of $41.33. The company has a 50 day moving average of $38.95 and a 200 day moving average of $37.90.

First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, December 31st. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 12th were paid a dividend of $0.1305 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, December 12th. This represents a $0.52 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.3%. This is an increase from First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.10.

First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF Company Profile

The First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (SDVY) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in extended market equity. The fund tracks an equal-weighted index of small- and mid-cap US companies with historically increasing dividends and that meet various fundamental criteria. SDVY was launched on Nov 1, 2017 and is managed by First Trust.