SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF $SPYD Shares Acquired by Calton & Associates Inc.

Calton & Associates Inc. increased its position in shares of SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF (NYSEARCA:SPYD) by 13.1% during the third quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 132,297 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 15,292 shares during the quarter. SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF makes up approximately 0.9% of Calton & Associates Inc.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 25th biggest position. Calton & Associates Inc.’s holdings in SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF were worth $5,821,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of SPYD. Vantagepoint Investment Advisers LLC purchased a new position in shares of SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF during the 3rd quarter worth $187,209,000. Ameriprise Financial Inc. increased its stake in SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF by 31.3% in the second quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 3,764,341 shares of the company’s stock valued at $159,716,000 after purchasing an additional 896,333 shares during the last quarter. Financial Gravity Companies Inc. acquired a new position in SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF in the second quarter valued at $11,975,000. Vestmark Advisory Solutions Inc. lifted its position in SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF by 43.0% during the second quarter. Vestmark Advisory Solutions Inc. now owns 455,944 shares of the company’s stock worth $19,350,000 after buying an additional 137,171 shares during the period. Finally, Daiwa Securities Group Inc. boosted its stake in SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF by 208.0% in the 2nd quarter. Daiwa Securities Group Inc. now owns 194,578 shares of the company’s stock worth $8,258,000 after buying an additional 131,411 shares during the last quarter.

SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF Price Performance

SPYD opened at $48.07 on Friday. SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF has a 12 month low of $37.92 and a 12 month high of $48.38. The business has a 50-day moving average of $44.67 and a two-hundred day moving average of $43.98. The stock has a market capitalization of $7.96 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 15.73 and a beta of 0.84.

About SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF

The SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF (SPYD) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the S&P 500 High Dividend index. The fund tracks an index of the 80 highest-yielding stocks selected from the S&P 500. Stocks are equally-weighted. SPYD was launched on Oct 21, 2015 and is managed by State Street.