iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SHY) Shares Sold by Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management

Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management trimmed its position in shares of iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SHY) by 0.8% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 16,665 shares of the company’s stock after selling 136 shares during the quarter. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management’s holdings in iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF were worth $1,363,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. UBS Group AG grew its position in iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 2.9% during the fourth quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 6,202,313 shares of the company’s stock worth $508,838,000 after buying an additional 177,582 shares during the period. Cornell University acquired a new position in iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF during the fourth quarter worth about $35,212,000. Pinebridge Investments L.P. grew its position in iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 7.3% during the fourth quarter. Pinebridge Investments L.P. now owns 4,093,000 shares of the company’s stock worth $335,790,000 after buying an additional 280,000 shares during the period. Raymond James & Associates grew its position in iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 2.5% during the fourth quarter. Raymond James & Associates now owns 2,792,956 shares of the company’s stock worth $229,134,000 after buying an additional 67,091 shares during the period. Finally, Cerity Partners LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 43.6% in the fourth quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 2,450,100 shares of the company’s stock valued at $201,006,000 after purchasing an additional 744,074 shares in the last quarter. 23.62% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ SHY traded up $0.12 on Friday, hitting $81.96. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 3,170,414 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,975,328. iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF has a 12-month low of $80.62 and a 12-month high of $82.39. The company has a market capitalization of $24.08 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 3,695.45 and a beta of 0.01. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $81.48 and a 200-day moving average of $81.62.

iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Friday, July 5th. Shareholders of record on Monday, July 1st were issued a $0.2704 dividend. This represents a $3.24 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.96%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, July 1st.

iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF Company Profile

The iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF (SHY) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the U.S. Treasury 1-3 Year index. The fund tracks a market weighted index of debt issued by the US Treasury with 1-3 years remaining to maturity. Treasury STRIPS are excluded. SHY was launched on Jul 22, 2002 and is managed by BlackRock.