Private Advisor Group LLC Lowers Stock Holdings in SPDR S&P Retail ETF (NYSEARCA:XRT)

Private Advisor Group LLC lowered its stake in shares of SPDR S&P Retail ETF (NYSEARCA:XRT) by 14.4% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 3,610 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 606 shares during the quarter. Private Advisor Group LLC’s holdings in SPDR S&P Retail ETF were worth $287,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. FMR LLC raised its holdings in shares of SPDR S&P Retail ETF by 13.3% in the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 1,829 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $142,000 after purchasing an additional 214 shares during the period. Golden State Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in SPDR S&P Retail ETF in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $42,000. Truist Financial Corp lifted its position in SPDR S&P Retail ETF by 33.9% during the fourth quarter. Truist Financial Corp now owns 3,796 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $302,000 after buying an additional 961 shares in the last quarter. Ellis Investment Partners LLC lifted its position in SPDR S&P Retail ETF by 6.4% during the fourth quarter. Ellis Investment Partners LLC now owns 19,332 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,539,000 after buying an additional 1,164 shares in the last quarter. Finally, SG Americas Securities LLC grew its stake in SPDR S&P Retail ETF by 22.9% during the fourth quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 8,645 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $688,000 after buying an additional 1,612 shares during the period.

SPDR S&P Retail ETF Trading Up 0.8 %

Shares of XRT stock opened at $71.40 on Thursday. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $78.61 and its 200-day simple moving average is $78.26. The company has a market cap of $339.15 million, a PE ratio of 14.60 and a beta of 1.38. SPDR S&P Retail ETF has a 52 week low of $69.83 and a 52 week high of $84.84.

SPDR S&P Retail ETF Profile

SPDR S&P Retail ETF (the Fund) seeks to replicate as closely as possible the performance of the S&P Retail Select Industry Index (the Index). The Index is an equal weighted market cap index. The Index represents the retail sub-industry portion of the S&P Total Market Index. The Fund invests in industries, such as apparel retail, automotive retail, food retail, department stores, Internet retail, general merchandise stores, drug retail, and hypermarkets and super centers.