Aurora Private Wealth Inc. Purchases Shares of 4,551 First Trust Nasdaq Semiconductor ETF $FTXL

Aurora Private Wealth Inc. purchased a new position in shares of First Trust Nasdaq Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:FTXL) in the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund purchased 4,551 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $671,000.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in FTXL. First Trust Advisors LP acquired a new stake in shares of First Trust Nasdaq Semiconductor ETF in the fourth quarter worth $735,882,000. Wells Fargo & Company MN raised its stake in shares of First Trust Nasdaq Semiconductor ETF by 238.2% in the 4th quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 352,977 shares of the company’s stock valued at $45,723,000 after acquiring an additional 248,623 shares during the period. Morgan Stanley raised its stake in shares of First Trust Nasdaq Semiconductor ETF by 57.6% in the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 487,464 shares of the company’s stock valued at $63,144,000 after acquiring an additional 178,099 shares during the period. Nilsine Partners LLC lifted its holdings in shares of First Trust Nasdaq Semiconductor ETF by 4,499.8% during the 4th quarter. Nilsine Partners LLC now owns 175,114 shares of the company’s stock valued at $22,683,000 after acquiring an additional 171,307 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Advisory Services Network LLC lifted its holdings in shares of First Trust Nasdaq Semiconductor ETF by 6,464.4% during the 4th quarter. Advisory Services Network LLC now owns 149,734 shares of the company’s stock valued at $19,396,000 after acquiring an additional 147,453 shares in the last quarter.

First Trust Nasdaq Semiconductor ETF Stock Performance

Shares of First Trust Nasdaq Semiconductor ETF stock opened at $289.20 on Friday. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $233.94 and a 200 day moving average price of $176.69. First Trust Nasdaq Semiconductor ETF has a twelve month low of $89.84 and a twelve month high of $291.49. The stock has a market cap of $2.98 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.27 and a beta of 1.73.

First Trust Nasdaq Semiconductor ETF Cuts Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 31st. Shareholders of record on Thursday, March 26th were paid a dividend of $0.0131 per share. This represents a $0.05 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.0%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, March 26th.

First Trust Nasdaq Semiconductor ETF Profile

The First Trust Nasdaq Semiconductor ETF (FTXL) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the Nasdaq US Smart Semiconductor index. The fund tracks an index of the most liquid US semiconductor companies, weighted according to factors related to value, volatility and growth. FTXL was launched on Sep 20, 2016 and is managed by First Trust.