iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF $SHY Stock: Vise Technologies Inc. Lowers Holdings

Vise Technologies Inc. reduced its stake in shares of iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SHY) by 26.0% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 18,599 shares of the company’s stock after selling 6,541 shares during the quarter. Vise Technologies Inc.’s holdings in iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF were worth $1,510,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Whittier Trust Co. of Nevada Inc. raised its position in shares of iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 345.8% during the first quarter. Whittier Trust Co. of Nevada Inc. now owns 321 shares of the company’s stock valued at $26,000 after buying an additional 249 shares during the last quarter. Mather Group LLC. bought a new position in iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF during the third quarter valued at about $28,000. Ashton Thomas Securities LLC acquired a new position in iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $30,000. Valley National Advisers Inc. acquired a new position in iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $32,000. Finally, Weaver Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $34,000. 23.15% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:SHY traded down $0.04 during trading on Friday, hitting $81.63. 7,281,400 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 4,269,880. iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF has a 1-year low of $80.95 and a 1-year high of $83.20. The company has a market capitalization of $27.53 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 3,747.73 and a beta of 0.05. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $81.38 and its 200-day simple moving average is $82.08.

iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, November 5th. Shareholders of record on Monday, November 2nd were issued a $0.2544 dividend. This is a boost from iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.2410. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, November 2nd. This represents a $3.05 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.7%.

About iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF

The iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF (SHY) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the U.S. Treasury 1-3 Year index. The fund tracks a market weighted index of debt issued by the US Treasury with 1-3 years remaining to maturity. Treasury STRIPS are excluded. SHY was launched on Jul 22, 2002 and is managed by BlackRock.