Calamos Wealth Management LLC Acquires New Holdings in iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF $DGRO

Calamos Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:DGRO) in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund acquired 14,637 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,103,000.

A number of other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Concurrent Investment Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF by 84.2% in the second quarter. Concurrent Investment Advisors LLC now owns 197,951 shares of the company’s stock valued at $15,003,000 after buying an additional 90,503 shares during the period. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. increased its stake in iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF by 4.4% during the 2nd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 11,099,887 shares of the company’s stock worth $841,260,000 after acquiring an additional 472,809 shares during the period. Ferguson Wellman Capital Management Inc. bought a new position in iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF during the 3rd quarter worth $1,249,000. Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI acquired a new position in iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at $1,125,000. Finally, Accel Wealth Management raised its holdings in iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF by 6.6% in the 2nd quarter. Accel Wealth Management now owns 258,988 shares of the company’s stock valued at $19,629,000 after acquiring an additional 15,988 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF Stock Performance

NYSEARCA:DGRO opened at $79.80 on Friday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $78.28 and a 200-day moving average price of $75.39. The company has a market cap of $44.59 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.66 and a beta of 0.75. iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF has a fifty-two week low of $67.14 and a fifty-two week high of $82.90.

About iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF

The iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF (DGRO) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the Morningstar US Dividend Growth index. The fund tracks an index of US stocks that are selected by dividends, dividend growth and payout ratio, then weighted by dividend dollars. DGRO was launched on Jun 10, 2014 and is managed by BlackRock.