Investors Buy Large Volume of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Call Options (NASDAQ:TLT)

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLTGet Free Report) saw unusually large options trading activity on Wednesday. Investors bought 859,126 call options on the stock. This is an increase of approximately 46% compared to the typical volume of 588,208 call options.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Stock Up 1.7 %

Shares of TLT opened at $86.76 on Thursday. iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF has a 12-month low of $84.89 and a 12-month high of $101.64. The business’s fifty day moving average is $89.93 and its 200 day moving average is $93.62. The stock has a market cap of $50.81 billion, a P/E ratio of -7.14 and a beta of 0.06.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 23rd. Investors of record on Wednesday, December 18th were issued a $0.351 dividend. This is a boost from iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.31. This represents a $4.21 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.85%. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, December 18th.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF

Large investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. ORG Wealth Partners LLC bought a new position in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF in the 3rd quarter worth $35,000. Prospera Private Wealth LLC bought a new position in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF in the 3rd quarter worth $42,000. ST Germain D J Co. Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 73.1% in the 4th quarter. ST Germain D J Co. Inc. now owns 476 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $42,000 after purchasing an additional 201 shares in the last quarter. CarsonAllaria Wealth Management Ltd. bought a new position in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF in the 3rd quarter worth $59,000. Finally, PSI Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 58.4% in the 3rd quarter. PSI Advisors LLC now owns 654 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $64,000 after purchasing an additional 241 shares in the last quarter. 73.32% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

About iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF

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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.

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