Ascension Capital Advisors Inc. Acquires 11,003 Shares of First Trust NASDAQ Rising Dividend Achievers (NASDAQ:RDVY)

Ascension Capital Advisors Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of First Trust NASDAQ Rising Dividend Achievers (NASDAQ:RDVY) by 2.1% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 528,668 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 11,003 shares during the quarter. First Trust NASDAQ Rising Dividend Achievers accounts for 13.6% of Ascension Capital Advisors Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its largest position. Ascension Capital Advisors Inc. owned 0.24% of First Trust NASDAQ Rising Dividend Achievers worth $31,265,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in RDVY. MBE Wealth Management LLC lifted its position in First Trust NASDAQ Rising Dividend Achievers by 4.2% during the fourth quarter. MBE Wealth Management LLC now owns 4,057 shares of the company’s stock worth $240,000 after purchasing an additional 163 shares during the period. Trueblood Wealth Management LLC raised its position in shares of First Trust NASDAQ Rising Dividend Achievers by 1.4% in the 4th quarter. Trueblood Wealth Management LLC now owns 12,233 shares of the company’s stock valued at $723,000 after buying an additional 167 shares in the last quarter. Financial Services Advisory Inc lifted its holdings in shares of First Trust NASDAQ Rising Dividend Achievers by 1.2% during the 3rd quarter. Financial Services Advisory Inc now owns 14,883 shares of the company’s stock worth $881,000 after acquiring an additional 170 shares during the period. Pacific Sun Financial Corp boosted its position in shares of First Trust NASDAQ Rising Dividend Achievers by 2.9% during the 4th quarter. Pacific Sun Financial Corp now owns 6,090 shares of the company’s stock worth $360,000 after acquiring an additional 170 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Crewe Advisors LLC increased its stake in First Trust NASDAQ Rising Dividend Achievers by 12.5% in the third quarter. Crewe Advisors LLC now owns 1,635 shares of the company’s stock valued at $97,000 after acquiring an additional 182 shares during the last quarter.

First Trust NASDAQ Rising Dividend Achievers Price Performance

NASDAQ RDVY opened at $61.36 on Wednesday. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $61.25 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $60.34. The stock has a market capitalization of $13.39 billion, a PE ratio of 14.00 and a beta of 1.15. First Trust NASDAQ Rising Dividend Achievers has a fifty-two week low of $52.26 and a fifty-two week high of $64.63.

First Trust NASDAQ Rising Dividend Achievers Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 31st. Investors of record on Friday, December 13th were given a dividend of $0.2956 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, December 13th.

First Trust NASDAQ Rising Dividend Achievers 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.