Balefire LLC Purchases 17,137 Shares of iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF $IUSB

Balefire LLC increased its stake in iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:IUSB) by 352.8% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 21,995 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 17,137 shares during the period. Balefire LLC’s holdings in iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF were worth $1,016,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of IUSB. AQR Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF by 9.9% during the first quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 60,249 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,776,000 after acquiring an additional 5,416 shares during the period. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. increased its position in iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF by 40.7% during the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 191,332 shares of the company’s stock worth $8,817,000 after buying an additional 55,360 shares during the period. M&T Bank Corp acquired a new stake in shares of iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF during the second quarter worth $335,000. Brown Advisory Inc. bought a new stake in shares of iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF in the second quarter valued at about $246,000. Finally, Qube Research & Technologies Ltd acquired a new position in shares of iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF in the second quarter valued at about $167,000.

iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF Stock Performance

NASDAQ:IUSB opened at $45.79 on Monday. iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF has a 52 week low of $45.47 and a 52 week high of $47.23. The firm has a market cap of $42.87 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.80 and a beta of 0.26. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $45.95 and its 200 day simple moving average is $46.32.

iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, July 7th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, July 1st were issued a dividend of $0.164 per share. This is a boost from iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.15. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.3%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, July 1st.

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.