Invesco QQQ (NASDAQ:QQQ) Sets New 1-Year High – Should You Buy?

Invesco QQQ (NASDAQ:QQQGet Free Report) shares hit a new 52-week high on Thursday . The company traded as high as $733.32 and last traded at $729.45, with a volume of 34832053 shares changing hands. The stock had previously closed at $730.28.

Key Headlines Impacting Invesco QQQ

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Invesco QQQ Price Performance

The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $646.52 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $625.28.

Invesco QQQ Cuts Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 27th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 23rd were issued a $0.7328 dividend. This represents a $2.93 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.4%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, March 23rd.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Invesco QQQ

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Corient Private Wealth LLC raised its holdings in shares of Invesco QQQ by 3,567.7% in the 4th quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 21,436,917 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $13,168,912,000 after purchasing an additional 20,852,432 shares in the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE raised its holdings in shares of Invesco QQQ by 381.0% in the 4th quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 19,547,552 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $12,008,257,000 after purchasing an additional 26,505,055 shares in the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. raised its holdings in shares of Invesco QQQ by 11.8% in the 4th quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 3,547,591 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,179,321,000 after purchasing an additional 375,581 shares in the last quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Invesco QQQ by 0.3% in the 3rd quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 3,071,021 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,843,749,000 after purchasing an additional 8,038 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund grew its position in shares of Invesco QQQ by 21.4% in the 4th quarter. Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund now owns 3,025,000 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,858,288,000 after buying an additional 534,000 shares during the last quarter. 44.58% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

About Invesco QQQ

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PowerShares QQQ Trust, Series 1 is a unit investment trust that issues securities called Nasdaq-100 Index Tracking Stock. The Trust’s investment objective is to provide investment results that generally correspond to the price and yield performance of the Nasdaq-100 Index. The Trust provides investors with the opportunity to purchase units of beneficial interest in the Trust representing proportionate undivided interests in the portfolio of securities held by the Trust, which consists of substantially all of the securities, in substantially the same weighting, as the component securities of the Nasdaq-100 Index.

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