Aptus Capital Advisors LLC Lowers Stake in iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF $IUSB

Aptus Capital Advisors LLC reduced its stake in shares of iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:IUSB) by 90.2% in the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 32,391 shares of the company’s stock after selling 296,805 shares during the period. Aptus Capital Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF were worth $1,513,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Jones Financial Companies Lllp increased its stake in iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF by 6.9% in the third quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 71,364,109 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,327,011,000 after acquiring an additional 4,589,650 shares during the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. lifted its stake in iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF by 5.8% during the second quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 24,317,154 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,124,182,000 after purchasing an additional 1,330,484 shares during the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF by 4.9% in the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 19,693,393 shares of the company’s stock worth $919,878,000 after purchasing an additional 911,004 shares in the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF by 0.7% in the 2nd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 10,935,323 shares of the company’s stock worth $505,179,000 after purchasing an additional 75,856 shares in the last quarter. Finally, SigFig Wealth Management LLC increased its position in shares of iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF by 7.4% during the 3rd quarter. SigFig Wealth Management LLC now owns 4,424,772 shares of the company’s stock valued at $206,681,000 after purchasing an additional 303,906 shares during the last quarter.

iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF Trading Down 0.2%

Shares of NASDAQ IUSB opened at $46.59 on Monday. The stock has a market cap of $35.04 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.80 and a beta of 0.26. iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF has a 1-year low of $44.74 and a 1-year high of $47.23. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $46.74 and its 200 day moving average is $46.71.

iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 5th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 2nd were given a dividend of $0.1573 per share. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.1%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, March 2nd.

About iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF

The iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF (IUSB) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the Bloomberg U.S. Universal index. The fund tracks a broad Barclays index of USD-denominated taxable bonds. The index is market value weighted. IUSB was launched on Jun 10, 2014 and is managed by BlackRock.