First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage ETF (NASDAQ:FTXG) Increases Dividend to $0.20 Per Share

First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage ETF (NASDAQ:FTXG) announced a dividend on Thursday, December 12th,NASDAQ Dividends reports. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 13th will be given a dividend of 0.1965 per share on Tuesday, December 31st. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, December 13th. This is a boost from First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage ETF’s previous dividend of $0.18.

First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage ETF Price Performance

FTXG stock traded down $0.09 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $24.01. The company had a trading volume of 6,919 shares, compared to its average volume of 18,345. The company has a market capitalization of $31.22 million, a PE ratio of 19.00 and a beta of 0.60. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $24.53 and a 200 day moving average of $24.54. First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage ETF has a 12 month low of $23.10 and a 12 month high of $26.05.

First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage ETF Company Profile

The First Trust Nasdaq Food & Beverage ETF (FTXG) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the Nasdaq US Smart Food & Beverage index. The fund follows a liquidity-selected, multi-factor-weighted index of US food & beverage companies. FTXG was launched on Sep 20, 2016 and is managed by First Trust.