Stock Traders Purchase Large Volume of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF Put Options (NASDAQ:EMB)

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF (NASDAQ:EMB – Get Rating) saw unusually large options trading activity on Thursday. Stock investors acquired 23,074 put options on the stock. This is an increase of approximately 17% compared to the average volume of 19,655 put options.

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF Stock Down 0.4 %

Shares of EMB opened at $83.99 on Friday. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $86.53 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $84.48. iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF has a 12 month low of $76.35 and a 12 month high of $98.41.

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

The company also recently declared a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, March 7th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, March 2nd will be given a dividend of $0.379 per share. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, March 1st. This represents a $4.55 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.41%. This is a boost from iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.31.

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

A number of institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Rebalance LLC acquired a new position in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF during the fourth quarter valued at about $21,425,000. Sentinus LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 43.0% during the fourth quarter. Sentinus LLC now owns 5,346 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $452,000 after purchasing an additional 1,608 shares during the period. Retirement Investment Advisors Inc. acquired a new position in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF during the fourth quarter valued at about $1,614,000. Flow Traders U.S. LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 114.3% during the fourth quarter. Flow Traders U.S. LLC now owns 470,595 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $39,808,000 after purchasing an additional 250,948 shares during the period. Finally, SJA Financial Advisory LLC acquired a new stake in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF in the 4th quarter worth about $1,368,000. Institutional investors own 73.65% of the company’s stock.

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

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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.