iShares Select Dividend ETF (NASDAQ:DVY) Shares Sold by Ascent Group LLC

Ascent Group LLC cut its stake in iShares Select Dividend ETF (NASDAQ:DVY) by 33.0% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 1,977 shares of the company’s stock after selling 975 shares during the period. Ascent Group LLC’s holdings in iShares Select Dividend ETF were worth $239,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. LPL Financial LLC increased its position in iShares Select Dividend ETF by 2.5% during the 2nd quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 1,401,205 shares of the company’s stock worth $169,518,000 after purchasing an additional 34,221 shares during the period. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC increased its holdings in shares of iShares Select Dividend ETF by 2.1% during the 2nd quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC now owns 649,767 shares of the company’s stock worth $78,609,000 after buying an additional 13,366 shares during the last quarter. Jane Street Group LLC increased its holdings in shares of iShares Select Dividend ETF by 1,872.8% during the 1st quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 617,469 shares of the company’s stock worth $76,060,000 after buying an additional 586,170 shares during the last quarter. Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY increased its holdings in shares of iShares Select Dividend ETF by 400.3% during the 2nd quarter. Miller Howard Investments Inc. NY now owns 315,140 shares of the company’s stock worth $38,126,000 after buying an additional 252,150 shares during the last quarter. Finally, AMG National Trust Bank increased its holdings in shares of iShares Select Dividend ETF by 5.3% during the 2nd quarter. AMG National Trust Bank now owns 294,707 shares of the company’s stock worth $35,654,000 after buying an additional 14,816 shares during the last quarter. 46.08% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

iShares Select Dividend ETF Stock Down 0.3 %

DVY stock opened at $134.61 on Wednesday. iShares Select Dividend ETF has a 52 week low of $102.66 and a 52 week high of $136.36. The company has a market cap of $20.01 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.25 and a beta of 0.87. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $131.21 and a 200-day simple moving average of $125.11.

iShares Select Dividend ETF Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 30th. Investors of record on Wednesday, September 25th were issued a $1.5496 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, September 25th.

iShares Select Dividend ETF Profile

iShares Select Dividend ETF, formerly iShares Dow Jones Select Dividend Index Fund (the Fund), is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Select Dividend Index (the Index). The Index measures the performance of a selected group of equity securities issued by companies that have provided relatively high dividend yields on a consistent basis over time.