Apeiron RIA LLC Trims Stock Holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT)

Apeiron RIA LLC lowered its stake in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT) by 12.3% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 19,070 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 2,677 shares during the period. Apeiron RIA LLC’s holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF were worth $1,665,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. lifted its holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 2,810.7% during the 2nd quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 32,622,890 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,994,131,000 after purchasing an additional 31,502,110 shares in the last quarter. Assetmark Inc. grew its holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 3,121.7% during the 3rd quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 4,461,161 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $437,640,000 after buying an additional 4,322,688 shares in the last quarter. Quadrature Capital Ltd bought a new stake in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF during the third quarter valued at about $89,789,000. IMC Chicago LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 440.7% in the third quarter. IMC Chicago LLC now owns 1,045,193 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $102,533,000 after buying an additional 851,884 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. boosted its position in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 51.9% in the third quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. now owns 2,075,806 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $204,612,000 after acquiring an additional 709,409 shares during the period. 73.32% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Trading Down 0.8 %

Shares of NASDAQ:TLT opened at $86.83 on Friday. The company has a 50 day moving average of $89.41 and a 200 day moving average of $93.39. The stock has a market cap of $51.06 billion, a P/E ratio of -7.14 and a beta of 0.06. iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF has a 12 month low of $84.89 and a 12 month high of $101.64.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 23rd. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, December 18th were given a dividend of $0.351 per share. This is a positive change 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 of this dividend was Wednesday, December 18th.

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.