Commonwealth Equity Services LLC Acquires 134,943 Shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF $TLT

Commonwealth Equity Services LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT) by 15.6% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 999,752 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 134,943 shares during the period. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC owned about 0.17% of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF worth $77,761,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Stronghold Wealth Management L.L.C. raised its holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 0.8% in the 2nd quarter. Stronghold Wealth Management L.L.C. now owns 16,318 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,410,000 after purchasing an additional 132 shares during the period. Ranch Capital Advisors Inc. grew its holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 3.5% during the first quarter. Ranch Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 3,940 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $342,000 after purchasing an additional 135 shares during the period. Pioneer Family Office LLC grew its holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 25.0% during the third quarter. Pioneer Family Office LLC now owns 690 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $54,000 after purchasing an additional 138 shares during the period. MBA Advisors LLC increased its position in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 0.6% in the third quarter. MBA Advisors LLC now owns 25,138 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,955,000 after buying an additional 146 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Avid Wealth Partners LLC increased its position in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 2.6% in the first quarter. Avid Wealth Partners LLC now owns 6,155 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $534,000 after buying an additional 158 shares in the last quarter. 73.33% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ TLT traded down $0.01 during trading on Friday, hitting $81.92. The company had a trading volume of 38,200,054 shares, compared to its average volume of 34,264,504. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $80.38 and a 200 day simple moving average of $84.50. iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF has a 12 month low of $76.43 and a 12 month high of $90.86. The firm has a market capitalization of $49.09 billion, a P/E ratio of -6.75 and a beta of 0.51.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, November 5th. Stockholders of record on Monday, November 2nd were paid a $0.3432 dividend. This represents a $4.12 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.0%. This is a boost from iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.3116. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, November 2nd.

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.