iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT) Shares Sold by PFG Investments LLC

PFG Investments LLC lessened its stake in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT) by 6.7% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 10,243 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 733 shares during the period. PFG Investments LLC’s holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF were worth $895,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. Principal Financial Group Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 45.5% during the third quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 88,273 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $8,660,000 after purchasing an additional 27,586 shares during the last quarter. Vontobel Holding Ltd. boosted its holdings in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 99.7% during the third quarter. Vontobel Holding Ltd. now owns 72,263 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $7,089,000 after purchasing an additional 36,070 shares during the last quarter. Commerce Bank boosted its holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 32.7% in the third quarter. Commerce Bank now owns 9,840 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $965,000 after acquiring an additional 2,426 shares during the last quarter. ST Germain D J Co. Inc. boosted its holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 73.1% in the fourth quarter. ST Germain D J Co. Inc. now owns 476 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $42,000 after acquiring an additional 201 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Commonwealth Equity Services LLC boosted its holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 25.4% in the third quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC now owns 1,748,635 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $171,541,000 after acquiring an additional 354,610 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 73.32% of the company’s stock.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Trading Down 0.1 %

Shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF stock opened at $88.18 on Wednesday. iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF has a twelve month low of $84.89 and a twelve month high of $101.64. The stock has a market capitalization of $52.12 billion, a P/E ratio of -7.14 and a beta of 0.06. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $89.26 and its 200 day moving average price is $93.29.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 23rd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, December 18th were given a $0.351 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, December 18th. This is a positive change from iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.31. This represents a $4.21 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.78%.

About iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF

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.