Janney Montgomery Scott LLC Decreases Position in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT)

Janney Montgomery Scott LLC decreased its stake in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT) by 27.2% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 1,743,558 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 651,505 shares during the quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC owned about 0.30% of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF worth $152,265,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Finley Financial LLC bought a new stake in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF in the fourth quarter worth about $90,000. West Branch Capital LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 94.9% in the fourth quarter. West Branch Capital LLC now owns 417 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $36,000 after buying an additional 203 shares during the period. Traphagen Investment Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 614.7% during the 4th quarter. Traphagen Investment Advisors LLC now owns 106,893 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $9,335,000 after acquiring an additional 91,937 shares during the last quarter. Aspire Private Capital LLC boosted its holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 5.2% during the 4th quarter. Aspire Private Capital LLC now owns 4,113 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $359,000 after acquiring an additional 204 shares during the period. Finally, Atomi Financial Group Inc. grew its position in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 49.7% in the 4th quarter. Atomi Financial Group Inc. now owns 82,506 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $7,205,000 after acquiring an additional 27,379 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 73.32% of the company’s stock.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Trading Down 0.5 %

Shares of TLT opened at $87.51 on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of $51.81 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. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $89.47 and a 200-day moving average price of $93.44.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced 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. The ex-dividend date 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.81%.

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.