National Bank of Canada FI Boosts Stock Position in Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call ETF (NASDAQ:QYLD)

National Bank of Canada FI raised its stake in shares of Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call ETF (NASDAQ:QYLD) by 1.4% in the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 154,689 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 2,184 shares during the quarter. National Bank of Canada FI’s holdings in Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call ETF were worth $2,818,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. LPL Financial LLC increased its holdings in shares of Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call ETF by 13.7% during the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 12,248,780 shares of the company’s stock valued at $223,173,000 after acquiring an additional 1,474,869 shares in the last quarter. Global X Japan Co. Ltd. grew its position in Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call ETF by 22.8% during the 4th quarter. Global X Japan Co. Ltd. now owns 5,414,274 shares of the company’s stock valued at $98,648,000 after purchasing an additional 1,005,072 shares during the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. purchased a new position in Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call ETF in the fourth quarter worth about $72,550,000. Principal Securities Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call ETF by 5.0% in the fourth quarter. Principal Securities Inc. now owns 1,104,897 shares of the company’s stock worth $20,131,000 after buying an additional 52,888 shares in the last quarter. Finally, HUB Investment Partners LLC grew its holdings in shares of Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call ETF by 26.2% during the fourth quarter. HUB Investment Partners LLC now owns 1,102,385 shares of the company’s stock valued at $20,085,000 after buying an additional 229,094 shares during the last quarter.

Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call ETF Stock Up 0.3 %

Shares of QYLD opened at $15.25 on Tuesday. Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call ETF has a twelve month low of $14.48 and a twelve month high of $18.89. The company has a market capitalization of $7.66 billion, a P/E ratio of 30.23 and a beta of 0.71. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $17.62 and a 200 day moving average of $18.04.

Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 31st. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 24th were issued a $0.1703 dividend. This is a positive change from Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call ETF’s previous dividend of $0.17. The ex-dividend date was Monday, March 24th.

Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call ETF Company Profile

The Global X NASDAQ 100 Covered Call ETF (QYLD) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the Cboe NASDAQ-100 BuyWrite V2 index. The fund tracks an index that holds Nasdaq 100 stocks and sells call options on those stocks to collect the premiums. QYLD was launched on Dec 12, 2013 and is managed by Global X.