First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF $SDVY Shares Bought by Total Clarity Wealth Management Inc.

Total Clarity Wealth Management Inc. boosted its stake in shares of First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (NASDAQ:SDVY) by 4.8% in the second quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm owned 11,508 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 522 shares during the period. Total Clarity Wealth Management Inc.’s holdings in First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF were worth $406,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in SDVY. GAMMA Investing LLC raised its position in First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF by 3,250.0% during the first quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 4,288 shares of the company’s stock worth $144,000 after acquiring an additional 4,160 shares during the period. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC raised its position in First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF by 0.3% during the first quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC now owns 640,983 shares of the company’s stock worth $21,473,000 after acquiring an additional 2,030 shares during the period. Dynamic Advisor Solutions LLC raised its position in First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF by 1.8% during the first quarter. Dynamic Advisor Solutions LLC now owns 111,829 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,746,000 after acquiring an additional 1,997 shares during the period. Good Life Advisors LLC raised its position in First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF by 5.5% during the first quarter. Good Life Advisors LLC now owns 598,914 shares of the company’s stock worth $20,064,000 after acquiring an additional 31,243 shares during the period. Finally, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC raised its position in First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF by 7.2% during the first quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 764,411 shares of the company’s stock worth $25,608,000 after acquiring an additional 51,113 shares during the period.

First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF Stock Performance

NASDAQ:SDVY opened at $37.04 on Tuesday. The company has a fifty day moving average of $37.66 and a two-hundred day moving average of $35.40. The stock has a market capitalization of $8.80 billion, a PE ratio of 14.54 and a beta of 1.18. First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF has a fifty-two week low of $28.84 and a fifty-two week high of $40.60.

First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, September 30th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, September 25th were given a $0.095 dividend. This represents a $0.38 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.0%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, September 25th.

About First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF

The First Trust SMID Cap Rising Dividend Achievers ETF (SDVY) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in extended market equity. The fund tracks an equal-weighted index of small- and mid-cap US companies with historically increasing dividends and that meet various fundamental criteria. SDVY was launched on Nov 1, 2017 and is managed by First Trust.