iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF Target of Unusually Large Options Trading (NASDAQ:EMB)

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF (NASDAQ:EMB) was the target of some unusual options trading on Tuesday. Stock traders acquired 25,085 put options on the company. This represents an increase of approximately 8,179% compared to the average volume of 303 put options.

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF Trading Up 0.1%

EMB stock traded up $0.10 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, hitting $94.94. 1,799,044 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 8,350,737. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $95.73 and a 200 day moving average price of $95.79. iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF has a 12 month low of $92.87 and a 12 month high of $97.80.

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, August 6th. Shareholders of record on Monday, August 3rd were paid a dividend of $0.4136 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, August 3rd. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.2%.

Institutional Trading of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF

Several hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Nationwide Fund Advisors grew its holdings in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 3.8% in the 1st quarter. Nationwide Fund Advisors now owns 2,156,276 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $202,539,000 after acquiring an additional 78,441 shares during the last quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 47.3% during the fourth quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 37,359 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $3,597,000 after acquiring an additional 11,991 shares during the last quarter. Principia Wealth Advisory LLC raised its stake in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 56.2% during the fourth quarter. Principia Wealth Advisory LLC now owns 27,811 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,678,000 after acquiring an additional 10,007 shares during the last quarter. TIAA Trust National Association raised its stake in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 66.2% during the fourth quarter. TIAA Trust National Association now owns 2,269,776 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $218,534,000 after acquiring an additional 904,419 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Stairway Partners LLC boosted its holdings in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 9.2% during the second quarter. Stairway Partners LLC now owns 264,121 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $25,472,000 after purchasing an additional 22,280 shares during the period. 91.08% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF Company Profile

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF, formerly iShares JPMorgan USD Emerging Markets Bond Fund (the Fund), is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the JPMorgan EMBI Global Core Index (the Index). The Index is a diverse United States dollar-denominated emerging markets debt benchmark, which tracks the total return of actively traded external debt instruments in emerging market countries. The Fund invests in a representative sample of the securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index.