First Trust Dividend Strength ETF Declares Quarterly Dividend of $0.19 (NASDAQ:FTDS)

First Trust Dividend Strength ETF (NASDAQ:FTDS) declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, June 24th, NASDAQ Dividends reports. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 25th will be paid a dividend of 0.1928 per share on Tuesday, June 30th. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.3%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, June 25th.

First Trust Dividend Strength ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:FTDS traded up $0.40 on Thursday, reaching $61.02. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 2,304 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,118. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $60.37 and a 200 day simple moving average of $59.99. First Trust Dividend Strength ETF has a 52-week low of $51.83 and a 52-week high of $63.54. The company has a market cap of $30.51 million, a P/E ratio of 14.53 and a beta of 0.83.

First Trust Dividend Strength ETF Company Profile

The First Trust Dividend Strength ETF (FTDS) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the The Dividend Strength index. The fund tracks an index of approximately 50 US stocks or REITs considered to be well-capitalized and have a history of increasing their dividends. Holdings are selected based on fundamental criteria and equally-weighted within the portfolio. FTDS was launched on Dec 6, 2006 and is managed by First Trust.