Commonwealth Equity Services LLC Has $160.12 Million Stock Position in iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:IUSB)

Commonwealth Equity Services LLC lessened its holdings in iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:IUSB) by 9.9% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 3,542,446 shares of the company’s stock after selling 388,928 shares during the period. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC’s holdings in iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF were worth $160,119,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in IUSB. SWAN Capital LLC bought a new stake in iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF during the third quarter worth about $25,000. Synergy Investment Management LLC purchased a new stake in iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $29,000. Peterson Financial Group Inc. bought a new position in shares of iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF in the third quarter worth approximately $30,000. Darwin Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in shares of iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF in the third quarter worth approximately $32,000. Finally, First Financial Corp IN bought a new position in shares of iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF in the fourth quarter worth approximately $35,000.

iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:IUSB opened at $45.75 on Thursday. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $45.47 and a 200 day moving average price of $45.95. iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF has a fifty-two week low of $44.21 and a fifty-two week high of $47.44. The firm has a market cap of $32.54 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.77 and a beta of 0.15.

iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 6th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 3rd were issued a $0.1553 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 3rd. This is a positive change from iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF’s previous dividend of $0.15.

iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF Company 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.