Traders Buy Large Volume of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF Put Options (NASDAQ:EMB)

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF (NASDAQ:EMB) was the target of unusually large options trading on Friday. Stock traders acquired 40,001 put options on the stock. This is an increase of 2,576% compared to the typical volume of 1,495 put options.

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF Price Performance

EMB opened at $95.74 on Friday. iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF has a fifty-two week low of $84.78 and a fifty-two week high of $95.90. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $94.72 and a 200-day simple moving average of $92.10.

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Monday, October 6th. Investors of record on Wednesday, October 1st were given a $0.3925 dividend. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 4.9%. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, October 1st.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Golden State Wealth Management LLC raised its position in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 140.7% in the 1st quarter. Golden State Wealth Management LLC now owns 325 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $29,000 after purchasing an additional 190 shares during the last quarter. ORG Wealth Partners LLC bought a new position in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF in the 1st quarter worth approximately $30,000. Boyd Watterson Asset Management LLC OH raised its position in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 381.3% in the 1st quarter. Boyd Watterson Asset Management LLC OH now owns 385 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $35,000 after purchasing an additional 305 shares during the last quarter. Migdal Insurance & Financial Holdings Ltd. bought a new position in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $42,000. Finally, Hurley Capital LLC bought a new position in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF in the 1st quarter worth approximately $42,000. Institutional investors own 91.08% of the company’s stock.

About iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF, formerly iShares JPMorgan USD Emerging Markets Bond Fund (the Fund), is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the JPMorgan EMBI Global Core Index (the Index). The Index is a diverse United States dollar-denominated emerging markets debt benchmark, which tracks the total return of actively traded external debt instruments in emerging market countries.