Ascent Group LLC Has $808,000 Stock Holdings in iShares MBS ETF (NASDAQ:MBB)

Ascent Group LLC grew its position in iShares MBS ETF (NASDAQ:MBB – Get Rating) by 119.5% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 8,941 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 4,868 shares during the quarter. Ascent Group LLC’s holdings in iShares MBS ETF were worth $808,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. increased its holdings in iShares MBS ETF by 1.2% during the third quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 11,073,399 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,014,102,000 after buying an additional 135,730 shares during the last quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. increased its holdings in iShares MBS ETF by 1.9% during the first quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 8,652,513 shares of the company’s stock worth $881,430,000 after buying an additional 158,816 shares during the last quarter. Jane Street Group LLC increased its holdings in iShares MBS ETF by 69.7% during the third quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 3,839,089 shares of the company’s stock worth $351,584,000 after buying an additional 1,576,534 shares during the last quarter. Truist Financial Corp increased its holdings in iShares MBS ETF by 18.4% during the third quarter. Truist Financial Corp now owns 3,217,497 shares of the company’s stock worth $294,658,000 after buying an additional 498,941 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada boosted its position in iShares MBS ETF by 49.6% during the third quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 3,054,651 shares of the company’s stock worth $279,744,000 after purchasing an additional 1,012,992 shares during the period. 77.56% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

iShares MBS ETF Trading Down 0.5 %

Shares of NASDAQ:MBB opened at $93.67 on Wednesday. iShares MBS ETF has a twelve month low of $88.00 and a twelve month high of $103.10. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $94.40 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $93.41.

iShares MBS ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, March 7th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, March 2nd were given a dividend of $0.25 per share. This represents a $3.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.20%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, March 1st. This is a positive change from iShares MBS ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.24.

About iShares MBS ETF

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iShares MBS ETF (the Fund), formerly iShares Barclays MBS Bond Fund, is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks investment results, which correspond to the price and yield performance of the Barclays Capital U.S. MBS Index (the Index). The Index measures the performance of investment grade mortgage-backed pass-through securities issued by the Government National Mortgage (GNMA).