Empirical Asset Management LLC Increases Stake in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF $TLT

Empirical Asset Management LLC increased its stake in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT) by 208.6% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 17,704 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 11,967 shares during the period. Empirical Asset Management LLC’s holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF were worth $1,582,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. MAI Capital Management grew its holdings in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 74.5% during the 3rd quarter. MAI Capital Management now owns 25,074 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,241,000 after acquiring an additional 10,701 shares during the period. JFS Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 139.5% during the third quarter. JFS Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 4,533 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $405,000 after purchasing an additional 2,640 shares in the last quarter. Wilkins Miller Wealth Management LLC grew its stake in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 3.2% in the third quarter. Wilkins Miller Wealth Management LLC now owns 5,167 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $462,000 after purchasing an additional 162 shares during the period. Rice Partnership LLC grew its stake in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 8.6% in the third quarter. Rice Partnership LLC now owns 2,620 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $234,000 after purchasing an additional 208 shares during the period. Finally, Lake Street Private Wealth LLC raised its holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 2.7% in the third quarter. Lake Street Private Wealth LLC now owns 22,233 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,987,000 after purchasing an additional 595 shares in the last quarter. 73.33% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Trading Up 0.2%

Shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF stock opened at $89.89 on Wednesday. iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF has a 12 month low of $83.29 and a 12 month high of $94.09. The firm has a market capitalization of $46.64 billion, a P/E ratio of -6.75 and a beta of 0.53. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $87.97 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $88.69.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, February 5th. Investors of record on Monday, February 2nd were paid a dividend of $0.3319 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, February 2nd. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 4.4%.

About iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (the Fund) is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of United States Treasury bonds with remaining maturities greater than 20 years. The Fund seeks to track the investment results of the Barclays U.S. 20+ Year Treasury Bond Index (the Underlying Index), which measures the performance of public obligations of the United States Treasury that have a remaining maturity of 20 or more years. The Underlying Index includes all publicly-issued the United States Treasury securities that have a remaining maturity of greater than or equal to 20 years.