Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC Raises Position in iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF $IUSB

Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC grew its position in iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:IUSB) by 10.4% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 173,428 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 16,402 shares during the period. Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC’s holdings in iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF were worth $8,071,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in IUSB. Jones Financial Companies Lllp boosted its holdings in shares of 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 in the last quarter. Symmetry Partners LLC purchased a new stake in shares of iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF in the fourth quarter valued at about $104,011,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF by 8.1% in the third quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 26,298,023 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,228,381,000 after acquiring an additional 1,980,869 shares in the last quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF by 3,347.5% in the third quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 1,862,672 shares of the company’s stock valued at $87,006,000 after acquiring an additional 1,808,643 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Mariner LLC boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF by 11.5% in the third quarter. Mariner LLC now owns 14,004,882 shares of the company’s stock valued at $654,168,000 after acquiring an additional 1,449,320 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF Stock Performance

IUSB stock opened at $46.40 on Monday. The company has a market cap of $36.56 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.80 and a beta of 0.28. iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF has a 52 week low of $45.07 and a 52 week high of $47.23. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $46.47 and its 200 day moving average price is $46.63.

iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, April 7th. Investors of record on Wednesday, April 1st were issued a dividend of $0.1645 per share. This is an increase from iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.16. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.3%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, April 1st.

iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF Profile

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.