Astoria Portfolio Advisors LLC. Grows Holdings in iShares Select Dividend ETF $DVY

Astoria Portfolio Advisors LLC. lifted its holdings in iShares Select Dividend ETF (NASDAQ:DVY) by 25.5% in the second quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 5,590 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 1,136 shares during the quarter. Astoria Portfolio Advisors LLC.’s holdings in iShares Select Dividend ETF were worth $768,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in DVY. Courage Miller Partners LLC grew its holdings in iShares Select Dividend ETF by 28.6% during the 2nd quarter. Courage Miller Partners LLC now owns 2,795 shares of the company’s stock worth $371,000 after acquiring an additional 621 shares in the last quarter. MGO One Seven LLC raised its position in iShares Select Dividend ETF by 21.8% in the 2nd quarter. MGO One Seven LLC now owns 6,037 shares of the company’s stock valued at $802,000 after purchasing an additional 1,082 shares during the last quarter. Welch Group LLC raised its position in iShares Select Dividend ETF by 36.8% in the 2nd quarter. Welch Group LLC now owns 4,459 shares of the company’s stock valued at $592,000 after purchasing an additional 1,200 shares during the last quarter. Almanack Investment Partners LLC. acquired a new position in shares of iShares Select Dividend ETF during the second quarter worth about $915,000. Finally, GW Henssler & Associates Ltd. increased its stake in shares of iShares Select Dividend ETF by 4.0% during the second quarter. GW Henssler & Associates Ltd. now owns 121,224 shares of the company’s stock worth $16,100,000 after acquiring an additional 4,718 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 46.08% of the company’s stock.

iShares Select Dividend ETF Stock Down 1.8%

Shares of DVY opened at $138.16 on Monday. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $140.19 and a 200-day simple moving average of $134.27. The company has a market capitalization of $20.32 billion, a PE ratio of 13.69 and a beta of 0.87. iShares Select Dividend ETF has a 52-week low of $115.94 and a 52-week high of $144.09.

iShares Select Dividend ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 19th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 16th were paid a dividend of $1.2465 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, September 16th. This represents a $4.99 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.6%. This is an increase from iShares Select Dividend ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.23.

iShares Select Dividend ETF Company 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.