Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc. Makes New $374,000 Investment in iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF (NASDAQ:ISTB)

Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc. purchased a new stake in iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF (NASDAQ:ISTB) in the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund purchased 7,825 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $374,000.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in ISTB. FMR LLC boosted its position in iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF by 556.1% during the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 2,841 shares of the company’s stock worth $138,000 after purchasing an additional 2,408 shares in the last quarter. Stifel Financial Corp boosted its position in shares of iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF by 23.0% in the 3rd quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 29,089 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,416,000 after buying an additional 5,435 shares in the last quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC grew its stake in iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF by 26.7% in the 2nd quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 28,857 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,367,000 after acquiring an additional 6,090 shares during the last quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans increased its holdings in iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF by 8.3% during the 2nd quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 218,033 shares of the company’s stock valued at $10,328,000 after acquiring an additional 16,622 shares in the last quarter. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its position in iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF by 1.1% during the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 700,762 shares of the company’s stock worth $34,113,000 after acquiring an additional 7,741 shares during the last quarter.

iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF Price Performance

ISTB stock opened at $47.86 on Monday. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $47.84 and its 200-day simple moving average is $48.05. iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF has a 12 month low of $46.65 and a 12 month high of $48.75. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.25 billion, a PE ratio of 16.72 and a beta of 0.07.

iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The business also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 23rd. Investors of record on Wednesday, December 18th were paid a $0.1587 dividend. This represents a $1.90 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.98%. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, December 18th.

About iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF

The iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF (ISTB) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in broad credit fixed income. The fund tracks a broad USD-denominated bond index with 1-5 years remaining in maturities. ISTB was launched on Oct 18, 2012 and is managed by BlackRock.