Ameritas Advisory Services LLC Acquires New Stake in First Trust Low Duration Strategic Focus ETF $LDSF

Ameritas Advisory Services LLC acquired a new stake in shares of First Trust Low Duration Strategic Focus ETF (NASDAQ:LDSF) in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm acquired 5,951 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $113,000. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC owned 0.09% of First Trust Low Duration Strategic Focus ETF as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Several other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Royal Bank of Canada boosted its stake in First Trust Low Duration Strategic Focus ETF by 55.1% during the first quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 555,610 shares of the company’s stock valued at $10,484,000 after buying an additional 197,326 shares during the period. Raymond James Financial Inc. boosted its stake in First Trust Low Duration Strategic Focus ETF by 14.5% during the first quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 166,519 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,142,000 after buying an additional 21,113 shares during the period. LPL Financial LLC boosted its stake in First Trust Low Duration Strategic Focus ETF by 35.2% during the first quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 738,016 shares of the company’s stock valued at $13,926,000 after buying an additional 192,341 shares during the period. Cetera Investment Advisers boosted its stake in First Trust Low Duration Strategic Focus ETF by 3.4% during the first quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 33,963 shares of the company’s stock valued at $641,000 after buying an additional 1,106 shares during the period. Finally, D.A. Davidson & CO. boosted its stake in First Trust Low Duration Strategic Focus ETF by 9.3% during the first quarter. D.A. Davidson & CO. now owns 89,112 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,682,000 after buying an additional 7,585 shares during the period.

First Trust Low Duration Strategic Focus ETF Price Performance

NASDAQ:LDSF opened at $19.11 on Friday. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $19.11 and a 200 day moving average of $18.95. First Trust Low Duration Strategic Focus ETF has a 52-week low of $18.56 and a 52-week high of $19.29.

First Trust Low Duration Strategic Focus ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, September 30th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, September 25th were paid a dividend of $0.0736 per share. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 4.6%. This is an increase from First Trust Low Duration Strategic Focus ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.07. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, September 25th.

First Trust Low Duration Strategic Focus ETF Profile

The First Trust Low Duration Strategic Focus ETF (LDSF) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in broad credit fixed income. The fund is an actively managed fund-of-funds. Holdings consist of short-term fixed income securities, primarily from US issuers LDSF was launched on Jan 3, 2019 and is managed by First Trust.