Private Advisor Group LLC Sells 138,855 Shares of SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF $SPTS

Private Advisor Group LLC lessened its holdings in SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF (NYSEARCA:SPTS) by 15.6% during the third quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 753,621 shares of the company’s stock after selling 138,855 shares during the quarter. Private Advisor Group LLC’s holdings in SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF were worth $22,096,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in SPTS. NewEdge Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF by 76.2% in the first quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 34,757 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,016,000 after purchasing an additional 15,030 shares during the last quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp boosted its position in shares of SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF by 2,864.3% during the first quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 15,118 shares of the company’s stock valued at $442,000 after buying an additional 14,608 shares during the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. grew its holdings in SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF by 129.0% during the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 236,393 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,912,000 after buying an additional 133,182 shares in the last quarter. Jane Street Group LLC bought a new stake in SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF during the first quarter worth $1,606,000. Finally, Vestmark Advisory Solutions Inc. purchased a new stake in SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF in the 2nd quarter valued at $2,517,000.

SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA:SPTS opened at $29.23 on Tuesday. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $29.28 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $29.29. SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF has a 1-year low of $29.06 and a 1-year high of $29.40. The stock has a market cap of $5.55 billion, a PE ratio of -65.00 and a beta of 0.05.

SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 5th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 2nd were issued a $0.084 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, March 2nd. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.4%. SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF’s dividend payout ratio is currently -255.71%.

SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF Profile

The SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF (SPTS) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in investment grade fixed income. The fund tracks a market-value-weighted index of US Treasurys with remaining maturities between 1-3 years. SPTS was launched on Nov 30, 2011 and is managed by State Street.