Ethos Financial Group LLC Has $386,000 Stock Holdings in iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF (NASDAQ:PFF)

Ethos Financial Group LLC grew its position in iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF (NASDAQ:PFF) by 13.1% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 12,395 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 1,440 shares during the period. Ethos Financial Group LLC’s holdings in iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF were worth $386,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Peoples Bank KS acquired a new position in shares of iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF in the third quarter valued at approximately $4,145,000. Bank of Stockton raised its position in iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF by 41.2% in the 3rd quarter. Bank of Stockton now owns 123,655 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,534,000 after buying an additional 36,065 shares during the last quarter. Sierra Capital LLC boosted its position in iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF by 4.8% during the 3rd quarter. Sierra Capital LLC now owns 70,807 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,135,000 after acquiring an additional 3,258 shares during the last quarter. Triumph Capital Management grew its stake in shares of iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF by 2.6% during the 3rd quarter. Triumph Capital Management now owns 22,937 shares of the company’s stock worth $692,000 after acquiring an additional 580 shares in the last quarter. Finally, ORG Partners LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF by 43.8% in the third quarter. ORG Partners LLC now owns 2,758 shares of the company’s stock valued at $83,000 after purchasing an additional 840 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 4.70% of the company’s stock.

iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF Stock Performance

iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF stock traded up $0.09 during mid-day trading on Thursday, reaching $31.38. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 2,922,042 shares, compared to its average volume of 4,755,012. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $31.73 and its 200 day simple moving average is $31.18. iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF has a 12 month low of $28.15 and a 12 month high of $32.66. The company has a market capitalization of $14.35 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 3.91 and a beta of 0.51.

iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, May 7th. Investors of record on Thursday, May 2nd were issued a dividend of $0.1596 per share. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, May 1st. This represents a $1.92 annualized dividend and a yield of 6.11%.

iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF Profile

iShares U.S. Preferred Stock ETF (the Fund) is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks investment results, which correspond to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index (the Underlying Index). The Underlying Index measures the performance of a select group of preferred stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), NYSE Arca, Inc (NYSE Arca), NYSE Amex, NASDAQ Global Select Market, NASDAQ Select Market or NASDAQ Capital Market.