Commonwealth Equity Services LLC Acquires 193,720 Shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT)

Commonwealth Equity Services LLC boosted its holdings in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT) by 23.3% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 1,025,975 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 193,720 shares during the quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC owned about 0.24% of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF worth $105,614,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Blair William & Co. IL boosted its holdings in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 6.6% during the 1st quarter. Blair William & Co. IL now owns 9,953 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,315,000 after purchasing an additional 614 shares during the last quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC boosted its stake in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 21.4% during the first quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 2,255 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $298,000 after buying an additional 397 shares during the last quarter. Brighton Jones LLC purchased a new position in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF during the 1st quarter valued at approximately $217,000. Equitable Holdings Inc. increased its stake in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 37.0% in the 1st quarter. Equitable Holdings Inc. now owns 6,067 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $801,000 after acquiring an additional 1,637 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Prudential Financial Inc. increased its stake in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 35.9% in the 1st quarter. Prudential Financial Inc. now owns 29,931 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $3,953,000 after acquiring an additional 7,905 shares during the last quarter. 66.54% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Trading Up 0.5 %

Shares of TLT stock traded up $0.42 on Friday, reaching $90.04. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 44,100,610 shares, compared to its average volume of 28,797,941. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $87.91 and its 200-day simple moving average is $95.56. iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF has a 1 year low of $82.42 and a 1 year high of $109.68.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, November 7th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, November 2nd were given a dividend of $0.286 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, November 1st. This represents a $3.43 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.81%. This is a positive change from iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.28.

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.