Balentine LLC Has $2.58 Million Stake in Invesco QQQ $QQQ

Balentine LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Invesco QQQ (NASDAQ:QQQ) by 43.6% during the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 4,298 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 1,304 shares during the period. Balentine LLC’s holdings in Invesco QQQ were worth $2,580,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Fifth Third Securities Inc. boosted its stake in Invesco QQQ by 2.6% in the 3rd quarter. Fifth Third Securities Inc. now owns 109,863 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $65,959,000 after purchasing an additional 2,822 shares during the period. SK Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Invesco QQQ in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $803,000. Great Point Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new stake in Invesco QQQ during the third quarter worth $507,000. Strengthening Families & Communities LLC bought a new position in shares of Invesco QQQ in the 3rd quarter valued at $10,771,000. Finally, Wedbush Securities Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Invesco QQQ by 3.2% during the 3rd quarter. Wedbush Securities Inc. now owns 70,363 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $42,244,000 after buying an additional 2,177 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 44.58% of the company’s stock.

Key Stories Impacting Invesco QQQ

Here are the key news stories impacting Invesco QQQ this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Bullish retail/analyst narrative: Multiple Fool pieces argue QQQ remains a good long-term buy given a decade of strong returns and continued passive inflows, which can support further ETF demand and price strength. Think It’s Too Late to Buy Invesco QQQ Trust? Here’s the 1 Reason Why There’s Still Time.
• Positive Sentiment: Recent performance update: A TipRanks daily note flagged a small intraday gain for QQQ, consistent with Nasdaq strength and helping to attract short-term flows. Invesco QQQ Trust ETF (QQQ) Daily Update, 2-16-2026
• Neutral Sentiment: Short-interest data anomaly: February short-interest reporting shows 0 shares and a 0.0 days ratio (an apparent data error), so there’s no clear short pressure signal to explain moves. (MarketBeat entry)
• Neutral Sentiment: Market roundup updates such as the 1‑Minute Market Report provide context rather than new catalysts—useful for positioning but not price-moving by themselves. The 1-Minute Market Report, February 15, 2026
• Negative Sentiment: Rotation away from mega-cap/tech: Several Seeking Alpha pieces highlight an emerging value rotation and pressure on mega-cap tech (the largest weights in QQQ), which could cap QQQ upside if momentum continues to shift. Software Is Finally Cracking – And The Great Rotation Is Picking Up Speed
• Negative Sentiment: Mega-cap underperformance: A Seeking Alpha note flags declines among the “Mega Cap 8,” which historically drag QQQ during bouts of profit-taking or sector rotation. Mega Cap 8 Declining As Top Performers Emerge In Major Value Rotation
• Negative Sentiment: Liquidity and macro risk: Commentary about a potential ~$80B liquidity shift this week raises short-term volatility risk for risk-on ETFs like QQQ if liquidity withdraws. An $80 Billion Liquidity Storm May Be About To Hit Stocks This Week
• Negative Sentiment: Idiosyncratic tech headlines: Smaller tech/quant names (e.g., IonQ) seeing short-seller/legal headlines can add to sentiment volatility in the Nasdaq complex, which can weigh on QQQ in risk-off episodes. IonQ Stock Falls 2.5% This Week on Short-Seller Report and Legal Probe Converge

Invesco QQQ Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:QQQ opened at $601.92 on Tuesday. Invesco QQQ has a one year low of $402.39 and a one year high of $637.01. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $617.86 and a 200 day simple moving average of $604.28.

Invesco QQQ Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, December 31st. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 22nd were given a dividend of $0.7941 per share. This represents a $3.18 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.5%. This is a boost from Invesco QQQ’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.69. The ex-dividend date was Monday, December 22nd.

Invesco QQQ Profile

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.