NorthRock Partners LLC Reduces Stock Holdings in iShares Core High Dividend ETF (NYSEARCA:HDV)

NorthRock Partners LLC lowered its stake in iShares Core High Dividend ETF (NYSEARCA:HDV) by 3.2% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 3,857 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 127 shares during the period. NorthRock Partners LLC’s holdings in iShares Core High Dividend ETF were worth $454,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Csenge Advisory Group raised its position in shares of iShares Core High Dividend ETF by 21.3% in the 1st quarter. Csenge Advisory Group now owns 9,857 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,086,000 after acquiring an additional 1,730 shares in the last quarter. DAVENPORT & Co LLC lifted its position in iShares Core High Dividend ETF by 4,833.4% during the first quarter. DAVENPORT & Co LLC now owns 165,613 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $18,252,000 after buying an additional 162,256 shares during the period. Advisory Services Network LLC boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Core High Dividend ETF by 397.3% during the 1st quarter. Advisory Services Network LLC now owns 92,948 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $10,244,000 after buying an additional 74,259 shares in the last quarter. Kades & Cheifetz LLC purchased a new stake in shares of iShares Core High Dividend ETF in the 1st quarter worth about $200,000. Finally, Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management increased its stake in shares of iShares Core High Dividend ETF by 44.9% in the 1st quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management now owns 3,586 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $395,000 after acquiring an additional 1,112 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Core High Dividend ETF Stock Performance

Shares of HDV opened at $118.02 on Wednesday. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $117.85 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $113.15. iShares Core High Dividend ETF has a fifty-two week low of $94.97 and a fifty-two week high of $119.74. The stock has a market cap of $11.15 billion, a PE ratio of 13.82 and a beta of 0.55.

iShares Core High Dividend ETF Company Profile

The iShares Core High Dividend ETF (HDV) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the Morningstar Dividend Yield Focus index. The fund tracks a dividend-weighted index of 75 high-yielding US equities, screened for high earnings potential and dividend sustainability. HDV was launched on Mar 29, 2011 and is managed by BlackRock.