Janney Montgomery Scott LLC Boosts Stock Position in Xtrackers MSCI EAFE High Dividend Yield Equity ETF $HDEF

Janney Montgomery Scott LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Xtrackers MSCI EAFE High Dividend Yield Equity ETF (NYSEARCA:HDEF) by 12.8% in the 1st quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 382,043 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 43,280 shares during the period. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC’s holdings in Xtrackers MSCI EAFE High Dividend Yield Equity ETF were worth $12,382,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in HDEF. Lodestone Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in Xtrackers MSCI EAFE High Dividend Yield Equity ETF in the 4th quarter valued at $165,000. Captrust Financial Advisors raised its position in Xtrackers MSCI EAFE High Dividend Yield Equity ETF by 16.7% during the second quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 48,997 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,414,000 after acquiring an additional 7,000 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its position in Xtrackers MSCI EAFE High Dividend Yield Equity ETF by 32.9% during the second quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 160,674 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,637,000 after acquiring an additional 39,735 shares during the period. Finally, ETF Portfolio Partners Inc. lifted its holdings in Xtrackers MSCI EAFE High Dividend Yield Equity ETF by 2.6% during the fourth quarter. ETF Portfolio Partners Inc. now owns 295,184 shares of the company’s stock valued at $9,148,000 after purchasing an additional 7,506 shares in the last quarter.

Xtrackers MSCI EAFE High Dividend Yield Equity ETF Stock Down 0.6%

HDEF opened at $31.95 on Thursday. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $32.58 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $32.32. Xtrackers MSCI EAFE High Dividend Yield Equity ETF has a 52-week low of $28.32 and a 52-week high of $34.26. The company has a market cap of $2.16 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.71 and a beta of 0.55.

Xtrackers MSCI EAFE High Dividend Yield Equity ETF Profile

The Xtrackers MSCI EAFE High Dividend Yield Equity ETF (HDEF) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the MSCI EAFE High Dividend Yield index. The fund tracks a cap-weighted index of developed country stocks, ex-North America, selected by quality and dividend factors. HDEF was launched on Aug 12, 2015 and is managed by Xtrackers.