SPDR S&P MidCap 400 ETF Trust $MDY Shares Acquired by Chesley Taft & Associates LLC

Chesley Taft & Associates LLC lifted its stake in shares of SPDR S&P MidCap 400 ETF Trust (NYSEARCA:MDY) by 8.0% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 14,568 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,080 shares during the quarter. Chesley Taft & Associates LLC’s holdings in SPDR S&P MidCap 400 ETF Trust were worth $8,789,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of MDY. Activest Wealth Management lifted its stake in shares of SPDR S&P MidCap 400 ETF Trust by 125.0% in the 3rd quarter. Activest Wealth Management now owns 54 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $32,000 after acquiring an additional 30 shares during the period. Brown Lisle Cummings Inc. increased its stake in shares of SPDR S&P MidCap 400 ETF Trust by 110.0% during the third quarter. Brown Lisle Cummings Inc. now owns 63 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $38,000 after acquiring an additional 33 shares during the period. Cloud Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of SPDR S&P MidCap 400 ETF Trust during the third quarter worth about $41,000. CoreFirst Bank & Trust purchased a new position in SPDR S&P MidCap 400 ETF Trust during the second quarter worth about $40,000. Finally, ST Germain D J Co. Inc. purchased a new position in SPDR S&P MidCap 400 ETF Trust during the third quarter worth about $42,000.

SPDR S&P MidCap 400 ETF Trust Stock Down 1.6%

Shares of NYSEARCA:MDY opened at $603.80 on Friday. SPDR S&P MidCap 400 ETF Trust has a 52 week low of $458.82 and a 52 week high of $662.65. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $636.17 and a 200 day moving average price of $614.14. The company has a market cap of $23.44 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.98 and a beta of 1.06.

SPDR S&P MidCap 400 ETF Trust Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, April 30th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 20th will be paid a dividend of $1.5163 per share. This represents a $6.07 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, March 20th.

SPDR S&P MidCap 400 ETF Trust Company Profile

SPDR S&P MidCap 400 ETF is an exchange traded fund. SPDR MidCap 400 Trust focuses to correspond to the price and yield performance of the S&P MidCap 400 Index. The S&P MidCap 400 covers over 7% of the United States equities market, and is part of a series of S&P the United States indices. The index also includes companies, which should have four consecutive quarters of positive as-reported earnings, excluding discontinued operations and extraordinary items. Its investment sectors include financials, industrials, information technology, consumer discretionary, healthcare and materials.