CENTRAL TRUST Co Lowers Stake in Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF $JSMD

CENTRAL TRUST Co lowered its holdings in shares of Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF (NASDAQ:JSMD) by 51.1% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 11,717 shares of the company’s stock after selling 12,230 shares during the period. CENTRAL TRUST Co owned approximately 0.11% of Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF worth $930,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the business. LPL Financial LLC grew its stake in shares of Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF by 4.4% in the 4th quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 776,705 shares of the company’s stock worth $63,348,000 after buying an additional 32,489 shares during the last quarter. Mars Jewett Financial Group Inc. purchased a new position in Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF during the fourth quarter valued at $32,923,000. Leelyn Smith LLC boosted its holdings in Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF by 0.6% in the fourth quarter. Leelyn Smith LLC now owns 361,445 shares of the company’s stock worth $29,479,000 after acquiring an additional 2,173 shares in the last quarter. Royal Bank of Canada grew its stake in shares of Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF by 12.2% in the fourth quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 336,738 shares of the company’s stock worth $27,464,000 after acquiring an additional 36,520 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Raymond James Financial Inc. grew its stake in shares of Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF by 2.2% in the second quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 296,929 shares of the company’s stock worth $23,057,000 after acquiring an additional 6,264 shares during the last quarter.

Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF Price Performance

JSMD opened at $98.23 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $1.04 billion, a PE ratio of 19.08 and a beta of 1.15. Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF has a 1 year low of $75.30 and a 1 year high of $99.63. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $93.14 and a 200-day moving average price of $86.98.

Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, April 7th. Investors of record on Tuesday, March 31st were given a dividend of $0.0786 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, March 31st. This represents a $0.31 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.3%.

Small/Mid Cap Growth Alpha ETF Company Profile

The Janus Henderson Small\u002FMid Cap Growth Alpha ETF (JSMD) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the Janus Small Mid Cap Growth Alpha index. The fund tracks an index of US small- and mid-cap stocks with strong fundamental measures of growth, profitability and capital efficiency. Weighting relies on the actively-managed Janus Triton Fund. JSMD was launched on Feb 25, 2016 and is managed by Janus Henderson.