Guidance Capital Inc. Buys 12,298 Shares of iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF $SHY

Guidance Capital Inc. increased its stake in iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SHY) by 170.0% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 19,532 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 12,298 shares during the quarter. Guidance Capital Inc.’s holdings in iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF were worth $1,617,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of SHY. Captrust Financial Advisors raised its holdings in iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 58.5% in the 3rd quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 17,024,325 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,412,338,000 after purchasing an additional 6,281,496 shares during the period. Mizuho Markets Americas LLC raised its holdings in iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 93.4% in the 3rd quarter. Mizuho Markets Americas LLC now owns 5,000,247 shares of the company’s stock worth $414,820,000 after purchasing an additional 2,414,144 shares during the period. Proficio Capital Partners LLC raised its holdings in iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 1,164.2% in the 3rd quarter. Proficio Capital Partners LLC now owns 1,040,956 shares of the company’s stock worth $86,358,000 after purchasing an additional 958,615 shares during the period. Barclays PLC raised its holdings in iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 102.6% in the 3rd quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 1,506,142 shares of the company’s stock worth $124,950,000 after purchasing an additional 762,773 shares during the period. Finally, Tower Research Capital LLC TRC raised its holdings in iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 23,228.3% in the 3rd quarter. Tower Research Capital LLC TRC now owns 562,446 shares of the company’s stock worth $46,661,000 after purchasing an additional 560,035 shares during the period. 23.15% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF Stock Performance

Shares of iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF stock opened at $82.53 on Wednesday. iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF has a one year low of $82.21 and a one year high of $83.20. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $82.68 and its 200 day moving average is $82.81. The stock has a market cap of $25.49 billion, a P/E ratio of 3,747.73 and a beta of 0.05.

iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, April 7th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, April 1st were issued a dividend of $0.2469 per share. This is a boost from iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.22. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.6%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, April 1st.

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.