Invesco QQQ (NASDAQ:QQQ) Stock Jumps 3.5% – Time to Buy?

Invesco QQQ (NASDAQ:QQQ – Get Free Report) shares were up 3.5% on Monday. The company traded as high as $682.48 and last traded at $679.35. 53,535,168 shares were traded during mid-day trading, an increase of 11% from the average daily volume of 48,267,344 shares. The stock had previously closed at $656.10.

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Invesco QQQ Trading Up 3.5%

The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $720.97 and a 200-day simple moving average of $680.33. The firm has a market cap of $461.58 billion, a PE ratio of 25.83 and a beta of 1.24.

Invesco QQQ Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, October 8th. Investors of record on Monday, September 21st were paid a dividend of $0.7514 per share. This is a drop from Invesco QQQ’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.8135. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, September 21st. This represents a $3.01 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.4%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in QQQ. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. grew its holdings in Invesco QQQ by 1.0% during the 2nd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 3,038,610 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,237,606,000 after buying an additional 30,083 shares in the last quarter. Analyst IMS Investment Management Services Ltd. raised its holdings in shares of Invesco QQQ by 0.3% during the 2nd quarter. Analyst IMS Investment Management Services Ltd. now owns 1,787,559 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,316,358,000 after acquiring an additional 4,751 shares in the last quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC lifted its position in Invesco QQQ by 3.1% during the second quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 1,230,679 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $906,272,000 after purchasing an additional 36,923 shares during the last quarter. Kestra Advisory Services LLC increased its holdings in shares of Invesco QQQ by 10.5% in the 3rd quarter. Kestra Advisory Services LLC now owns 880,835 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $651,615,000 after buying an additional 83,394 shares during the last quarter. Finally, GoalVest Advisory LLC grew its position in Invesco QQQ by 20,256.6% in the third quarter. GoalVest Advisory LLC now owns 613,955 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $454,185,000 after acquiring an additional 610,939 shares in the last quarter. 44.58% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Invesco QQQ Company Profile

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PowerShares QQQ Trust, Series 1 is a unit investment trust that issues securities called Nasdaq-100 Index Tracking Stock. The Trust’s investment objective is to provide investment results that generally correspond to the price and yield performance of the Nasdaq-100 Index. The Trust provides investors with the opportunity to purchase units of beneficial interest in the Trust representing proportionate undivided interests in the portfolio of securities held by the Trust, which consists of substantially all of the securities, in substantially the same weighting, as the component securities of the Nasdaq-100 Index.

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