Moors & Cabot Inc. Has $900,000 Position in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT)

Moors & Cabot Inc. raised its stake in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT) by 1.8% during the third quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 9,175 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 163 shares during the quarter. Moors & Cabot Inc.’s holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF were worth $900,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other large investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC grew its position in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 578.5% during the 1st quarter. O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC now owns 13,374 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,265,000 after acquiring an additional 11,403 shares during the last quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc. grew its holdings in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 153.8% during the first quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc. now owns 1,784 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $169,000 after purchasing an additional 1,081 shares during the last quarter. LRI Investments LLC acquired a new stake in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF in the first quarter valued at $42,000. Lazard Asset Management LLC lifted its position in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 21.2% during the first quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC now owns 5,002 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $473,000 after purchasing an additional 874 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Ashford Capital Management Inc. grew its position in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 2.3% during the 1st quarter. Ashford Capital Management Inc. now owns 30,635 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,899,000 after buying an additional 679 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 73.32% of the company’s stock.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Price Performance

Shares of TLT stock opened at $90.34 on Friday. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $94.34 and a 200-day moving average of $94.21. The stock has a market cap of $58.52 billion, a PE ratio of -7.14 and a beta of 0.06. iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF has a one year low of $87.34 and a one year high of $101.64.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, November 6th. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 1st were paid a $0.3105 dividend. This represents a $3.73 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.12%. This is a boost from iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.29. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, November 1st.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Company Profile

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (the Fund) is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of United States Treasury bonds with remaining maturities greater than 20 years. The Fund seeks to track the investment results of the Barclays U.S. 20+ Year Treasury Bond Index (the Underlying Index), which measures the performance of public obligations of the United States Treasury that have a remaining maturity of 20 or more years.