Commonwealth Equity Services LLC Raises Holdings in iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:IUSB)

Commonwealth Equity Services LLC lifted its stake in iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:IUSB) by 6.9% during the second quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 2,045,655 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 132,597 shares during the quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC owned approximately 0.42% of iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF worth $93,016,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. grew its holdings in iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF by 27.6% in the first quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 128,057,979 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,909,876,000 after purchasing an additional 27,699,624 shares during the period. LPL Financial LLC grew its holdings in iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF by 24.8% in the first quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 24,999,656 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,153,734,000 after purchasing an additional 4,970,882 shares during the period. Resources Investment Advisors LLC. lifted its position in shares of iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF by 61.2% in the first quarter. Resources Investment Advisors LLC. now owns 2,293,758 shares of the company’s stock valued at $105,857,000 after acquiring an additional 871,030 shares in the last quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers lifted its position in shares of iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF by 25.3% in the first quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 4,286,611 shares of the company’s stock valued at $197,827,000 after acquiring an additional 865,384 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Bank of New York Mellon Corp lifted its position in shares of iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF by 22.3% in the first quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 4,467,665 shares of the company’s stock valued at $206,183,000 after acquiring an additional 814,000 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ IUSB traded up $0.08 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $44.24. The stock had a trading volume of 3,057,927 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,656,482. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $43.58 and a 200-day simple moving average of $44.60. iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF has a 1 year low of $42.56 and a 1 year high of $46.86.

iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, November 7th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, November 2nd were given a $0.14 dividend. This represents a $1.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.80%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, November 1st. This is an increase from iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.13.

About iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF

The iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF (IUSB) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the Bloomberg U.S. Universal index. The fund tracks a broad Barclays index of USD-denominated taxable bonds. The index is market value weighted. IUSB was launched on Jun 10, 2014 and is managed by BlackRock.