PowerShares QQQ Trust, Series 1 Company Profile (NASDAQ:QQQ)

PowerShares QQQ Trust, Series 1 trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "QQQ."

PowerShares QQQ Trust, Series 1 announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, September 18th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 19th will be given a dividend of $0.3194 per share on Tuesday, October 31st. This represents a $1.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.89%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, September 18th. View PowerShares QQQ Trust, Series 1's Dividend History.

PowerShares QQQ Trust, Series 1 saw a increase in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 68,207,715 shares, an increase of 1.8% from the August 15th total of 66,975,085 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 36,532,629 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.9 days. Approximately 19.0% of the shares of the company are sold short.

Some companies that are related to PowerShares QQQ Trust, Series 1 include Compass Diversified Holdings (CODI), Capital Southwest Corporation (CSWC), Draper Esprit PLC (GROW), Tiziana Life Sciences PLC (TILS), CM Finance (CMFN), Saratoga Investment Corp (SAR), Gresham House plc (GHE), Cluff Natural Resources PLC (CLNR), Legendary Investments plc (LEG), Amedeo Resources PLC (AMED), Mineral & Financial Investments Ltd (MAFL), Amedeo Resources PLC (CRO), Greencoat UK Wind PLC (UKW), Henderson Global Trust PLC (HGL), International Biotechnology Trust Plc (IBT), iShares S&P NA Tec. Semi. Idx. Fd.(ETF) (SOXX), ProShares UltraShort Russell2000 (TWM) and Standard Life Equity Income Trust Plc (SLET).

PowerShares QQQ Trust, Series 1's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include CHURCHILL MANAGEMENT Corp (0.00%), Ameriprise Financial Inc. (0.00%), US Bancorp DE (0.00%), Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. (0.00%), PNC Financial Services Group Inc. (0.00%) and RiverFront Investment Group LLC (0.00%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for PowerShares QQQ Trust, Series 1.

PowerShares QQQ Trust, Series 1's stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of Nova Scotia, The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company , Tower Research Capital LLC TRC, Forward Management LLC, Affinity Wealth Management, Vantage Financial Partners Ltd. Inc., Svenska Handelsbanken AB publ and PNC Financial Services Group Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for PowerShares QQQ Trust, Series 1.

PowerShares QQQ Trust, Series 1's stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd., 3EDGE Asset Management LP, Sun Life Financial INC, Edgestream Partners L.P., Ameriprise Financial Inc., Van ECK Associates Corp, Comprehensive Portfolio Management LLC and Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for PowerShares QQQ Trust, Series 1.

Shares of PowerShares QQQ Trust, Series 1 can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of PowerShares QQQ Trust, Series 1 stock can currently be purchased for approximately $144.32.