Bellwether Advisors LLC Acquires 318 Shares of iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF (NASDAQ:ISTB)

Bellwether Advisors LLC grew its holdings in iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF (NASDAQ:ISTB) by 1.2% in the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 26,635 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 318 shares during the quarter. Bellwether Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF were worth $1,297,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in ISTB. Dynasty Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF in the first quarter worth $1,407,000. B. Riley Wealth Advisors Inc. boosted its position in iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF by 69.3% during the first quarter. B. Riley Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 15,778 shares of the company’s stock worth $732,000 after purchasing an additional 6,456 shares during the period. Global Financial Private Client LLC grew its holdings in iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF by 7.3% during the first quarter. Global Financial Private Client LLC now owns 9,752 shares of the company’s stock valued at $460,000 after purchasing an additional 665 shares during the last quarter. Jane Street Group LLC raised its position in shares of iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF by 29.0% in the first quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 523,578 shares of the company’s stock valued at $24,839,000 after purchasing an additional 117,604 shares during the period. Finally, Cim LLC lifted its stake in shares of iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF by 6.1% in the first quarter. Cim LLC now owns 491,618 shares of the company’s stock worth $23,322,000 after buying an additional 28,330 shares during the last quarter.

iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF Trading Up 0.1 %

NASDAQ ISTB opened at $47.91 on Wednesday. The company has a market cap of $4.08 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.72 and a beta of 0.07. iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF has a 1 year low of $46.59 and a 1 year high of $48.75. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $48.25 and a 200 day simple moving average of $47.87.

iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, November 6th. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 1st were issued a dividend of $0.1594 per share. This represents a $1.91 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.99%. This is a boost from iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.15. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, November 1st.

iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF Profile

The iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF (ISTB) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in broad credit fixed income. The fund tracks a broad USD-denominated bond index with 1-5 years remaining in maturities. ISTB was launched on Oct 18, 2012 and is managed by BlackRock.