Blair William & Co. IL Raises Stock Position in SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF (NYSEARCA:XHB)

Blair William & Co. IL raised its holdings in SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF (NYSEARCA:XHB) by 142.9% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 1,064 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 626 shares during the quarter. Blair William & Co. IL’s holdings in SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF were worth $111,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the stock. Pinnacle Financial Partners Inc grew its holdings in SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF by 1.0% during the fourth quarter. Pinnacle Financial Partners Inc now owns 10,311 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,078,000 after acquiring an additional 103 shares during the period. Allworth Financial LP grew its stake in shares of SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF by 13.8% during the 4th quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 1,158 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $129,000 after purchasing an additional 140 shares during the period. Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB increased its holdings in shares of SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF by 8.3% during the 3rd quarter. Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB now owns 2,606 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $325,000 after purchasing an additional 200 shares in the last quarter. AAFMAA Wealth Management & Trust LLC lifted its stake in shares of SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF by 2.3% in the 4th quarter. AAFMAA Wealth Management & Trust LLC now owns 10,364 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,083,000 after purchasing an additional 229 shares during the period. Finally, Clarus Wealth Advisors boosted its holdings in SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF by 1.7% during the fourth quarter. Clarus Wealth Advisors now owns 15,617 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,622,000 after buying an additional 259 shares in the last quarter.

SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF Stock Performance

XHB opened at $92.87 on Monday. The company has a fifty day moving average of $101.97 and a two-hundred day moving average of $110.92. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.27 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 12.26 and a beta of 1.51. SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF has a fifty-two week low of $89.06 and a fifty-two week high of $126.09.

SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, March 26th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 24th were given a dividend of $0.313 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 24th. This is a boost from SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF’s previous dividend of $0.15.

About SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF

SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF (the Fund) seeks to closely match the returns and characteristics of the S&P Homebuilders Select Industry Index. The S&P Homebuilders Select Industry Index represents the homebuilding sub-industry portion of the S&P Total Markets Index. The S&P TMI tracks all the United States common stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange, American Stock Exchange, National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation (NASDAQ) National Market and NASDAQ Small Cap exchanges.