World Investment Advisors Buys 6,744 Shares of SPDR S&P Dividend ETF $SDY

World Investment Advisors raised its holdings in SPDR S&P Dividend ETF (NYSEARCA:SDY) by 9.2% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 80,205 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 6,744 shares during the quarter. World Investment Advisors owned about 0.06% of SPDR S&P Dividend ETF worth $11,135,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Raymond James Financial Inc. raised its holdings in SPDR S&P Dividend ETF by 4.0% in the second quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 3,133,413 shares of the company’s stock worth $425,298,000 after purchasing an additional 119,562 shares during the period. Joel Isaacson & Co. LLC raised its holdings in SPDR S&P Dividend ETF by 4.6% in the fourth quarter. Joel Isaacson & Co. LLC now owns 2,788,428 shares of the company’s stock worth $388,038,000 after purchasing an additional 121,368 shares during the period. UBS Group AG raised its holdings in SPDR S&P Dividend ETF by 10.5% in the third quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 1,732,685 shares of the company’s stock worth $242,663,000 after purchasing an additional 165,053 shares during the period. MAI Capital Management raised its holdings in SPDR S&P Dividend ETF by 0.7% in the third quarter. MAI Capital Management now owns 772,382 shares of the company’s stock worth $108,172,000 after purchasing an additional 5,300 shares during the period. Finally, Pathstone Holdings LLC raised its holdings in SPDR S&P Dividend ETF by 1.1% in the third quarter. Pathstone Holdings LLC now owns 768,592 shares of the company’s stock worth $107,641,000 after purchasing an additional 8,380 shares during the period. 43.42% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

SPDR S&P Dividend ETF Stock Performance

SDY opened at $147.92 on Wednesday. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $148.08 and its two-hundred day moving average is $145.22. The firm has a market cap of $21.65 billion, a PE ratio of 19.85 and a beta of 0.71. SPDR S&P Dividend ETF has a twelve month low of $131.96 and a twelve month high of $156.39.

SPDR S&P Dividend ETF Company Profile

The SPDR S&P Dividend ETF seeks to closely match the returns and characteristics of the S&P High Yield Dividend Aristocrats Index (the Index). The Index is designed to measure the performance of the 60 highest dividend yielding S&P Composite 1500 Index constituents that have followed a managed-dividends policy of consistently increasing dividends every year for at least 25 consecutive years. The Fund generally invests substantially all, but at least 80%, of its total assets in the securities comprising the Index.