Calamos Wealth Management LLC Makes New $248,000 Investment in iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF $DGRO

Calamos Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:DGRO) in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund acquired 3,882 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $248,000.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in DGRO. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC acquired a new position in iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF in the second quarter worth $175,229,000. Jones Financial Companies Lllp boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF by 38.2% during the first quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 5,837,667 shares of the company’s stock valued at $356,986,000 after acquiring an additional 1,612,709 shares during the period. LPL Financial LLC boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF by 6.4% during the first quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 15,697,592 shares of the company’s stock valued at $969,797,000 after acquiring an additional 941,311 shares during the period. FORM Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF during the first quarter valued at $41,039,000. Finally, Horizon Investments LLC boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF by 473,952.3% during the first quarter. Horizon Investments LLC now owns 507,236 shares of the company’s stock valued at $31,337,000 after acquiring an additional 507,129 shares during the period.

iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF Stock Performance

Shares of DGRO opened at $67.88 on Monday. iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF has a 1 year low of $54.09 and a 1 year high of $68.88. The company has a market cap of $34.37 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.66 and a beta of 0.89. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $67.25 and a 200-day moving average of $63.91.

iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF Profile

The iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF (DGRO) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the Morningstar US Dividend Growth index. The fund tracks an index of US stocks that are selected by dividends, dividend growth and payout ratio, then weighted by dividend dollars. DGRO was launched on Jun 10, 2014 and is managed by BlackRock.