Invesco QQQ (NASDAQ:QQQ) Stock Price Up 1.3% – Still a Buy?

Invesco QQQ (NASDAQ:QQQ)’s stock price shot up 1.3% during trading on Wednesday . The stock traded as high as $532.59 and last traded at $531.67. 12,687,896 shares traded hands during trading, a decline of 61% from the average session volume of 32,720,000 shares. The stock had previously closed at $524.80.

Invesco QQQ Stock Performance

The company’s 50-day moving average price is $516.33 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $492.54.

Invesco QQQ Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, December 31st. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 23rd were paid a dividend of $0.8347 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, December 23rd.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Invesco QQQ

A number of large investors have recently bought and sold shares of QQQ. International Assets Investment Management LLC raised its stake in Invesco QQQ by 46,491.6% during the 3rd quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 32,586,150 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $15,904,322,000 after purchasing an additional 32,516,210 shares during the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. lifted its position in shares of Invesco QQQ by 7.3% in the 2nd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 4,966,637 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,379,676,000 after acquiring an additional 338,494 shares during the period. Toronto Dominion Bank grew its holdings in shares of Invesco QQQ by 13.0% during the 3rd quarter. Toronto Dominion Bank now owns 4,261,790 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,080,052,000 after purchasing an additional 488,815 shares in the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. increased its position in shares of Invesco QQQ by 1.1% during the second quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 3,199,214 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,532,904,000 after purchasing an additional 33,790 shares during the period. Finally, CHURCHILL MANAGEMENT Corp raised its stake in shares of Invesco QQQ by 0.8% in the fourth quarter. CHURCHILL MANAGEMENT Corp now owns 1,840,025 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $940,676,000 after purchasing an additional 13,772 shares in the last quarter. 44.58% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

About Invesco QQQ

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.