Richard Bernstein Advisors LLC Boosts Stake in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT)

Richard Bernstein Advisors LLC boosted its stake in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT) by 12.0% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 8,803 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 940 shares during the quarter. Richard Bernstein Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF were worth $936,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Moors & Cabot Inc. lifted its stake in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 53.1% in the 4th quarter. Moors & Cabot Inc. now owns 3,035 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $302,000 after buying an additional 1,053 shares in the last quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. lifted its stake in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 963.5% during the 1st quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 23,396 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,489,000 after purchasing an additional 21,196 shares during the period. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans lifted its stake in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 55.4% during the 4th quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 308,309 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $30,716,000 after purchasing an additional 109,913 shares during the period. Mechanics Bank Trust Department lifted its stake in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 36.6% during the 1st quarter. Mechanics Bank Trust Department now owns 73,657 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $7,835,000 after purchasing an additional 19,745 shares during the period. Finally, Alliance Wealth Advisors LLC UT lifted its stake in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 2.9% during the 1st quarter. Alliance Wealth Advisors LLC UT now owns 108,521 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $11,543,000 after purchasing an additional 3,033 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 66.54% of the company’s stock.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Trading Up 0.3 %

Shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF stock traded up $0.27 during trading hours on Wednesday, reaching $93.79. 11,168,201 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 23,223,334. iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF has a 52-week low of $91.85 and a 52-week high of $109.68. The company has a fifty day moving average of $98.09 and a 200-day moving average of $101.94.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, September 8th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 5th will be issued a dividend of $0.2886 per share. The ex-dividend date is Friday, September 1st. This represents a $3.46 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.69%.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Profile

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.