iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF $AGG Shares Newly Purchased by Evensky & Katz LLC

Evensky & Katz LLC bought a new stake in iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:AGG) during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm bought 165,832 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $15,678,000. iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF accounts for about 0.8% of Evensky & Katz LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 19th biggest holding.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its holdings in shares of iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF by 29.6% during the 1st quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 69,660,482 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,915,196,000 after acquiring an additional 15,923,080 shares during the period. WealthNavi Inc. boosted its position in shares of iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF by 5.6% during the 3rd quarter. WealthNavi Inc. now owns 12,404,190 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,172,692,000 after acquiring an additional 653,006 shares in the last quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. increased its stake in iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF by 4.6% in the first quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 10,336,251 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,026,080,000 after acquiring an additional 451,566 shares during the last quarter. Royal Bank of Canada increased its stake in iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF by 39.2% in the first quarter. Royal Bank of Canada now owns 6,744,642 shares of the company’s stock valued at $669,542,000 after acquiring an additional 1,898,484 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Bank of New York Mellon Corp increased its stake in iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF by 12.7% in the first quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 6,649,043 shares of the company’s stock valued at $660,051,000 after acquiring an additional 750,257 shares during the last quarter. 83.63% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF Price Performance

Shares of AGG opened at $96.09 on Wednesday. iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF has a one year low of $93.83 and a one year high of $101.46. The company has a market cap of $139.51 billion, a P/E ratio of 124.57 and a beta of 0.26. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $95.93 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $98.32.

iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF Profile

IShares are index funds that are bought and sold like common stocks on national securities exchanges as well as certain foreign exchanges. iShares are attractive because of their relatively low cost, tax efficiency and trading flexibility. Investors can purchase and sell shares through any brokerage firm, financial advisor, or online broker, and hold the funds in any type of brokerage account.