Avantra Family Wealth Inc. Acquires New Holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT)

Avantra Family Wealth Inc. bought a new position in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT) during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor bought 2,349 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $205,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Assetmark Inc. grew its holdings in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 3,121.7% during the third quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 4,461,161 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $437,640,000 after purchasing an additional 4,322,688 shares in the last quarter. Harvest Portfolios Group Inc. grew its stake in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 33.0% in the 3rd quarter. Harvest Portfolios Group Inc. now owns 2,753,709 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $270,139,000 after buying an additional 683,915 shares in the last quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. increased its holdings in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 51.9% in the 3rd quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. now owns 2,075,806 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $204,612,000 after buying an additional 709,409 shares during the last quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 9.8% during the 4th quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 1,958,175 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $171,007,000 after acquiring an additional 175,574 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Commonwealth Equity Services LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 25.4% during the 3rd quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC now owns 1,748,635 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $171,541,000 after acquiring an additional 354,610 shares during the last quarter. 73.32% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Stock Down 0.7 %

TLT opened at $87.76 on Monday. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $89.12 and its 200 day simple moving average is $93.17. iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF has a 52 week low of $84.89 and a 52 week high of $101.64. The stock has a market cap of $53.34 billion, a PE ratio of -7.14 and a beta of 0.06.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 23rd. Investors of record on Wednesday, December 18th were issued a dividend of $0.351 per share. This represents a $4.21 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.80%. This is a boost from iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.31. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, December 18th.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Profile

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.