Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management Boosts Holdings in ProShares S&P 500 Aristocrats ETF (BATS:NOBL)

Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management raised its stake in shares of ProShares S&P 500 Aristocrats ETF (BATS:NOBL) by 76.0% in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 4,515 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,950 shares during the period. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management’s holdings in ProShares S&P 500 Aristocrats ETF were worth $449,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of NOBL. LPL Financial LLC raised its position in ProShares S&P 500 Aristocrats ETF by 4.1% during the third quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 3,135,520 shares of the company’s stock valued at $334,748,000 after acquiring an additional 124,305 shares in the last quarter. Cliftonlarsonallen Wealth Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of ProShares S&P 500 Aristocrats ETF by 0.8% during the 4th quarter. Cliftonlarsonallen Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 1,238,395 shares of the company’s stock valued at $123,282,000 after purchasing an additional 9,728 shares in the last quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of ProShares S&P 500 Aristocrats ETF by 10,658.8% in the 3rd quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 912,564 shares of the company’s stock valued at $97,425,000 after purchasing an additional 904,082 shares during the period. IAM Advisory LLC boosted its holdings in ProShares S&P 500 Aristocrats ETF by 2.2% during the fourth quarter. IAM Advisory LLC now owns 649,451 shares of the company’s stock worth $64,653,000 after buying an additional 13,844 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Rockland Trust Co. grew its position in ProShares S&P 500 Aristocrats ETF by 3.4% during the fourth quarter. Rockland Trust Co. now owns 644,614 shares of the company’s stock valued at $64,171,000 after buying an additional 21,072 shares during the period.

ProShares S&P 500 Aristocrats ETF Stock Performance

Shares of ProShares S&P 500 Aristocrats ETF stock opened at $102.13 on Thursday. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $102.74 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $103.41. ProShares S&P 500 Aristocrats ETF has a fifty-two week low of $55.69 and a fifty-two week high of $67.97. The company has a market cap of $12.40 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.81 and a beta of 0.68.

ProShares S&P 500 Aristocrats ETF Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 31st. Investors of record on Monday, December 23rd were issued a $0.5863 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, December 23rd.

ProShares S&P 500 Aristocrats ETF Company Profile

The ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats ETF (NOBL) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats index. The fund tracks an equal-weighted index of S&P 500 constituents that have increased dividend payments annually for at least 25 years. NOBL was launched on Oct 9, 2013 and is managed by ProShares.