Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC Has $21.47 Million Stake in iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF $SHY

Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC grew its stake in iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SHY) by 8.5% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 259,184 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 20,293 shares during the period. Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC owned about 0.09% of iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF worth $21,466,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Captrust Financial Advisors grew its position 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 last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE grew its position in iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 1.1% in the 3rd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 11,740,171 shares of the company’s stock worth $973,965,000 after purchasing an additional 133,178 shares during the last quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp grew its position in iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 4.2% in the 3rd quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 6,703,637 shares of the company’s stock worth $556,134,000 after purchasing an additional 272,758 shares during the last quarter. Mizuho Markets Americas LLC grew its position 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 last quarter. Finally, Ameriprise Financial Inc. grew its position in iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 5.8% in the 3rd quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 4,682,094 shares of the company’s stock worth $388,325,000 after purchasing an additional 257,934 shares during the last quarter. 23.15% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF Price Performance

NASDAQ SHY opened at $82.57 on Monday. The firm has a market capitalization of $25.74 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 3,747.73 and a beta of 0.05. The company’s fifty day moving average is $82.62 and its two-hundred day moving average is $82.79. iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF has a 52-week low of $82.21 and a 52-week high of $83.20.

iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

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

About iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF

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.