Armistice Capital LLC Buys Shares of 8,782 SPDR S&P Retail ETF (NYSEARCA:XRT)

Armistice Capital LLC purchased a new position in shares of SPDR S&P Retail ETF (NYSEARCA:XRT) during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor purchased 8,782 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $658,000. Armistice Capital LLC owned about 0.10% of SPDR S&P Retail ETF as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of XRT. Cowa LLC raised its stake in shares of SPDR S&P Retail ETF by 122.0% in the 2nd quarter. Cowa LLC now owns 8,507 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $638,000 after acquiring an additional 4,675 shares in the last quarter. Leuthold Group LLC bought a new position in shares of SPDR S&P Retail ETF in the second quarter valued at approximately $2,232,000. Edgestream Partners L.P. lifted its stake in shares of SPDR S&P Retail ETF by 27.9% in the second quarter. Edgestream Partners L.P. now owns 3,720 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $279,000 after buying an additional 811 shares during the last quarter. Headlands Technologies LLC bought a new stake in shares of SPDR S&P Retail ETF during the 2nd quarter worth $72,000. Finally, Aptus Capital Advisors LLC grew its stake in SPDR S&P Retail ETF by 36.3% in the 2nd quarter. Aptus Capital Advisors LLC now owns 759 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $57,000 after buying an additional 202 shares during the last quarter.

SPDR S&P Retail ETF Price Performance

SPDR S&P Retail ETF stock opened at $77.40 on Friday. SPDR S&P Retail ETF has a fifty-two week low of $57.48 and a fifty-two week high of $80.10. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $75.48 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $75.24. The firm has a market cap of $654.03 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.74 and a beta of 1.20.

SPDR S&P Retail ETF Company Profile

SPDR S&P Retail ETF (the Fund) seeks to replicate as closely as possible the performance of the S&P Retail Select Industry Index (the Index). The Index is an equal weighted market cap index. The Index represents the retail sub-industry portion of the S&P Total Market Index. The Fund invests in industries, such as apparel retail, automotive retail, food retail, department stores, Internet retail, general merchandise stores, drug retail, and hypermarkets and super centers.