ALPS International Sector Dividend Dogs ETF (NYSEARCA:IDOG) Sets New 1-Year High – Time to Buy?

ALPS International Sector Dividend Dogs ETF (NYSEARCA:IDOG) reached a new 52-week high during trading on Friday . The stock traded as high as $44.28 and last traded at $44.28, with a volume of 7783 shares changing hands. The stock had previously closed at $44.11.

ALPS International Sector Dividend Dogs ETF Price Performance

The firm has a market capitalization of $548.33 million, a PE ratio of 11.22 and a beta of 0.57. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $43.22 and its 200 day simple moving average is $41.09.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On ALPS International Sector Dividend Dogs ETF

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Basepoint Wealth LLC bought a new stake in shares of ALPS International Sector Dividend Dogs ETF during the fourth quarter valued at about $36,000. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. increased its position in shares of ALPS International Sector Dividend Dogs ETF by 6,131.8% during the fourth quarter. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. now owns 1,371 shares of the company’s stock valued at $53,000 after buying an additional 1,349 shares during the period. Baird Financial Group Inc. increased its position in shares of ALPS International Sector Dividend Dogs ETF by 5.6% during the second quarter. Baird Financial Group Inc. now owns 17,894 shares of the company’s stock valued at $607,000 after buying an additional 950 shares during the period. Cahill Financial Advisors Inc. increased its position in shares of ALPS International Sector Dividend Dogs ETF by 2.3% during the fourth quarter. Cahill Financial Advisors Inc. now owns 66,117 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,549,000 after buying an additional 1,488 shares during the period. Finally, Ameriprise Financial Inc. increased its position in shares of ALPS International Sector Dividend Dogs ETF by 24.5% during the second quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 95,999 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,256,000 after buying an additional 18,915 shares during the period.

ALPS International Sector Dividend Dogs ETF Company Profile

The ALPS International Sector Dividend Dogs ETF (IDOG) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in large cap equity. The fund tracks an equal-weighted index that selects the five companies with the highest dividend yield in each of the 10 GICS sectors from international developed markets. IDOG was launched on Jun 27, 2013 and is managed by ALPS.