69,031 Shares in iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF $SHY Purchased by Banco Santander S.A.

Banco Santander S.A. acquired a new stake in shares of iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SHY) in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm acquired 69,031 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,727,000.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Brighton Jones LLC bought a new stake in shares of iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF in the second quarter worth $317,000. Flagship Harbor Advisors LLC grew its holdings in iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 9.3% during the 2nd quarter. Flagship Harbor Advisors LLC now owns 12,760 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,057,000 after acquiring an additional 1,091 shares in the last quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. bought a new stake in shares of iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF in the 2nd quarter worth about $25,000. Atria Investments Inc increased its position in shares of iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 42.6% in the 2nd quarter. Atria Investments Inc now owns 36,007 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,984,000 after purchasing an additional 10,749 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Great Lakes Retirement Inc. raised its stake in shares of iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 10.9% in the 2nd quarter. Great Lakes Retirement Inc. now owns 60,435 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,008,000 after purchasing an additional 5,919 shares in the last quarter. 23.15% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF Stock Performance

Shares of SHY stock opened at $83.18 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $24.31 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 3,747.73 and a beta of 0.05. iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF has a one year low of $82.21 and a one year high of $83.20. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $82.88 and its 200-day simple moving average is $82.89.

iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, February 5th. Shareholders of record on Monday, February 2nd were issued a dividend of $0.25 per share. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.6%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, February 2nd.

iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF Company Profile

The iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF (SHY) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the U.S. Treasury 1-3 Year index. The fund tracks a market weighted index of debt issued by the US Treasury with 1-3 years remaining to maturity. Treasury STRIPS are excluded. SHY was launched on Jul 22, 2002 and is managed by BlackRock.