Invesco QQQ $QQQ Shares Sold by Sovereign Investment Advisors LLC

Sovereign Investment Advisors LLC cut its holdings in shares of Invesco QQQ (NASDAQ:QQQ) by 1.7% during the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 51,500 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 866 shares during the period. Invesco QQQ makes up about 7.1% of Sovereign Investment Advisors LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 2nd largest holding. Sovereign Investment Advisors LLC’s holdings in Invesco QQQ were worth $37,966,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of QQQ. Corient Private Wealth LLC raised its stake in shares of Invesco QQQ by 3,567.7% during the 4th quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 21,436,917 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $13,168,912,000 after buying an additional 20,852,432 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE increased its holdings in Invesco QQQ by 381.0% in the 4th quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 19,547,552 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $12,008,257,000 after acquiring an additional 26,505,055 shares in the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. increased its holdings in Invesco QQQ by 11.8% in the 4th quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 3,547,591 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,179,321,000 after acquiring an additional 375,581 shares in the last quarter. Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund raised its position in Invesco QQQ by 21.4% during the fourth quarter. Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund now owns 3,025,000 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,858,288,000 after acquiring an additional 534,000 shares during the period. Finally, Analyst IMS Investment Management Services Ltd. raised its position in Invesco QQQ by 0.3% during the second quarter. Analyst IMS Investment Management Services Ltd. now owns 1,787,559 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,316,358,000 after acquiring an additional 4,751 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 44.58% of the company’s stock.

Invesco QQQ Stock Performance

QQQ opened at $718.96 on Friday. Invesco QQQ has a twelve month low of $555.60 and a twelve month high of $748.65. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $711.26 and a 200 day moving average price of $675.29.

Invesco QQQ Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, July 10th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 22nd were issued a dividend of $0.8135 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 22nd. This represents a $3.25 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.5%. This is an increase from Invesco QQQ’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.73.

Key Stories Impacting Invesco QQQ

Here are the key news stories impacting Invesco QQQ this week:

• Positive Sentiment: QQQ benefited from relative strength in the Nasdaq-100, while investor sentiment toward QQQ turned bullish ahead of the latest labor-market data. QQQ ETF edges higher as Nasdaq-100 outperforms
• Positive Sentiment: The August jobs report reportedly exceeded expectations, easing immediate concerns about a weakening labor market and supporting the “soft landing” or “Goldilocks” case for equities. That backdrop can help growth-focused technology stocks held by QQQ. Exchange-Traded Funds Higher, Equity Futures Mixed Pre-Bell Friday After August Jobs Report Tops Estimates
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts highlighted broad second-quarter earnings strength and a possible new capital-formation cycle, both of which could support continued demand for large-cap technology and artificial-intelligence companies represented in the Nasdaq-100. Second Quarter Earnings Show Breadth
• Neutral Sentiment: Trading was mixed across major ETFs, with some broad-market funds advancing and others declining. This suggests QQQ’s gains were driven more by Nasdaq-100 leadership than by a uniformly strong market. Exchange-Traded Funds Mixed, US Equities Lower After Midday
• Negative Sentiment: Investors are also weighing the possibility that resilient hiring and a separate report describing hot August inflation could delay rate cuts or even prompt a Federal Reserve hike. Higher interest rates generally pressure the long-duration growth stocks that dominate QQQ. Why The Fed Might Hike Rates After A Red-Hot August Inflation Report
• Negative Sentiment: Concerns that rising long-term Treasury yields could reflect inflation, fiscal pressure, or other structural risks create an additional valuation headwind for QQQ. Benign Or Malign? Reasons For The Rise In Long-Term U.S. Interest Rates
• Negative Sentiment: Profit-margin concerns surrounding the artificial-intelligence boom could weigh on several major QQQ holdings if heavy infrastructure spending fails to generate sufficient returns. The AI Boom Is Eating Its Own Margins

Invesco QQQ Company Profile

PowerShares QQQ Trust, Series 1 is a unit investment trust that issues securities called Nasdaq-100 Index Tracking Stock. The Trust’s investment objective is to provide investment results that generally correspond to the price and yield performance of the Nasdaq-100 Index. The Trust provides investors with the opportunity to purchase units of beneficial interest in the Trust representing proportionate undivided interests in the portfolio of securities held by the Trust, which consists of substantially all of the securities, in substantially the same weighting, as the component securities of the Nasdaq-100 Index.