Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call ETF $QYLD Stock Holdings Raised by NFP Retirement Inc.

NFP Retirement Inc. grew its stake in Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call ETF (NASDAQ:QYLD) by 20.7% during the second quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 152,340 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 26,119 shares during the period. NFP Retirement Inc.’s holdings in Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call ETF were worth $2,547,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Dagco Inc. bought a new stake in Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call ETF in the first quarter valued at about $25,000. Bartlett & CO. Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call ETF in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $26,000. Rossby Financial LCC bought a new stake in shares of Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call ETF in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $33,000. Salem Investment Counselors Inc. raised its position in shares of Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call ETF by 92.9% during the 2nd quarter. Salem Investment Counselors Inc. now owns 2,700 shares of the company’s stock valued at $45,000 after acquiring an additional 1,300 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Oliver Lagore Vanvalin Investment Group acquired a new stake in shares of Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call ETF during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $49,000.

Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:QYLD opened at $17.41 on Thursday. The company’s fifty day moving average is $17.20 and its two-hundred day moving average is $16.82. Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call ETF has a 1-year low of $14.48 and a 1-year high of $18.89. The stock has a market capitalization of $8.10 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.28 and a beta of 0.65.

Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Monday, October 27th. Shareholders of record on Monday, October 20th were issued a $0.1731 dividend. This is an increase from Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.17. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 11.9%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, October 20th.

Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call ETF Company Profile

The Global X NASDAQ 100 Covered Call ETF (QYLD) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the Cboe NASDAQ-100 BuyWrite V2 index. The fund tracks an index that holds Nasdaq 100 stocks and sells call options on those stocks to collect the premiums. QYLD was launched on Dec 12, 2013 and is managed by Global X.