iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF $TLT Shares Purchased by WestEnd Advisors LLC

WestEnd Advisors LLC boosted its position in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT) by 17.1% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 923,315 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 134,792 shares during the period. iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF makes up about 1.9% of WestEnd Advisors LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 14th biggest position. WestEnd Advisors LLC owned approximately 0.17% of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF worth $82,518,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Brighton Jones LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 28.0% in the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 2,747 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $240,000 after buying an additional 601 shares during the period. Capstone Wealth Management Group LLC increased its holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 409.3% in the first quarter. Capstone Wealth Management Group LLC now owns 50,847 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $4,629,000 after buying an additional 40,863 shares in the last quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc. lifted its position in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 11.3% during the 1st quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc. now owns 8,401 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $765,000 after acquiring an additional 851 shares during the period. Coordinated Financial Services Inc. CO acquired a new stake in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF during the 1st quarter valued at approximately $359,000. Finally, Jones Financial Companies Lllp boosted its stake in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 192.4% during the 1st quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 389,717 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $32,982,000 after acquiring an additional 256,420 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 73.33% of the company’s stock.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Price Performance

TLT opened at $87.03 on Monday. iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF has a 1-year low of $83.29 and a 1-year high of $94.09. The stock has a market cap of $47.88 billion, a P/E ratio of -6.75 and a beta of 0.53. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $88.94 and its 200 day simple moving average is $88.34.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, December 24th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 19th were issued a dividend of $0.3424 per share. This is a boost from iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.32. The ex-dividend date was Friday, December 19th. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.7%.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF 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. The Underlying Index includes all publicly-issued the United States Treasury securities that have a remaining maturity of greater than or equal to 20 years.