Creative Planning Reduces Stock Holdings in ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF (NYSEARCA:SDOG)

Creative Planning trimmed its holdings in shares of ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF (NYSEARCA:SDOG) by 2.8% during the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 15,595 shares of the company’s stock after selling 450 shares during the period. Creative Planning’s holdings in ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF were worth $920,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in SDOG. Heartwood Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its position in ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF by 3.3% during the 3rd quarter. Heartwood Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 26,160 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,543,000 after acquiring an additional 836 shares during the period. Sanctuary Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF during the 2nd quarter worth about $589,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. lifted its position in ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF by 83.7% during the 2nd quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 11,558 shares of the company’s stock worth $611,000 after acquiring an additional 5,267 shares during the period. PFG Investments LLC lifted its position in ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF by 9.0% during the 2nd quarter. PFG Investments LLC now owns 11,804 shares of the company’s stock worth $624,000 after acquiring an additional 973 shares during the period. Finally, Strategic Financial Concepts LLC lifted its position in ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF by 5,527.7% during the 2nd quarter. Strategic Financial Concepts LLC now owns 469,913 shares of the company’s stock worth $248,000 after acquiring an additional 461,563 shares during the period.

ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF Stock Performance

Shares of SDOG opened at $58.26 on Friday. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $58.50 and a two-hundred day moving average of $55.51. ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF has a one year low of $45.09 and a one year high of $60.22. The stock has a market cap of $1.26 billion, a P/E ratio of 13.83 and a beta of 0.76.

About ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF

The ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF (SDOG) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the S-Network Sector Dividend Dogs index. The fund tracks an equal-weighted index of the five highest-yielding S&P 500 securities in each sector. SDOG was launched on Jun 29, 2012 and is managed by ALPS.