First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF $RDVY Stock Holdings Boosted by Aptus Capital Advisors LLC

Aptus Capital Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (NASDAQ:RDVY) by 6.0% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund owned 647,858 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 36,536 shares during the period. Aptus Capital Advisors LLC owned 0.23% of First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF worth $45,007,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. LPL Financial LLC boosted its position in First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF by 10.5% during the 4th quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 30,504,116 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,119,121,000 after acquiring an additional 2,907,770 shares during the period. Morgan Stanley boosted its position in First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF by 4.9% during the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 20,152,942 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,400,025,000 after acquiring an additional 940,590 shares during the period. Wells Fargo & Company MN boosted its position in First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF by 10.6% during the 4th quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 11,276,215 shares of the company’s stock worth $783,359,000 after acquiring an additional 1,076,558 shares during the period. Raymond James Financial Inc. boosted its position in First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF by 1.8% during the 2nd quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 11,201,473 shares of the company’s stock worth $702,780,000 after acquiring an additional 198,938 shares during the period. Finally, Ameriprise Financial Inc. boosted its position in First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF by 10.1% during the 3rd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 7,790,897 shares of the company’s stock worth $523,914,000 after acquiring an additional 716,800 shares during the period.

First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF Stock Performance

Shares of RDVY stock opened at $78.58 on Friday. First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF has a 1 year low of $60.30 and a 1 year high of $78.71. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $74.31 and a two-hundred day moving average of $71.92. The firm has a market capitalization of $23.08 billion, a PE ratio of 15.46 and a beta of 1.01.

First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 31st. Shareholders of record on Thursday, March 26th were given a dividend of $0.1813 per share. This represents a $0.73 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.9%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, March 26th.

First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF Company Profile

The First Trust Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (RDVY) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the NASDAQ US Rising Dividend Achievers index. The fund tracks an index of 50 large-cap stocks with rising, high-quality dividends. RDVY was launched on Jan 6, 2014 and is managed by First Trust.