112,442 Shares in Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call ETF $QYLD Purchased by Mesirow Financial Investment Management Inc.

Mesirow Financial Investment Management Inc. bought a new stake in Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call ETF (NASDAQ:QYLD) in the third quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund bought 112,442 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,086,000.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of QYLD. Bank of America Corp DE raised its stake in Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call ETF by 0.7% during the first quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 4,887,612 shares of the company’s stock worth $83,823,000 after purchasing an additional 34,751 shares during the period. Foguth Wealth Management LLC. grew its stake in shares of Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call ETF by 67.4% during the 1st quarter. Foguth Wealth Management LLC. now owns 2,083,167 shares of the company’s stock valued at $37,664,000 after buying an additional 838,503 shares during the period. IMC Chicago LLC increased its holdings in shares of Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call ETF by 469.0% during the 1st quarter. IMC Chicago LLC now owns 1,295,978 shares of the company’s stock worth $22,226,000 after buying an additional 1,068,210 shares during the last quarter. Proficio Capital Partners LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call ETF during the 2nd quarter worth $12,233,000. Finally, Commonwealth Equity Services LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call ETF during the 3rd quarter worth $12,057,000.

Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call ETF Trading Up 2.2%

Shares of QYLD opened at $17.98 on Thursday. Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call ETF has a twelve month low of $16.63 and a twelve month high of $18.76. The firm has a market capitalization of $8.24 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.85 and a beta of 0.62. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $18.30 and its 200 day simple moving average is $17.95.

Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, October 22nd. Shareholders of record on Monday, October 19th were paid a dividend of $0.1826 per share. This is a boost from Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.1767. This represents a $2.19 annualized dividend and a yield of 12.2%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, October 19th.

About Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call ETF

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.