Nicholas Hoffman & Company LLC. Lowers Stock Position in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT)

Nicholas Hoffman & Company LLC. lessened its holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT) by 6.1% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 2,124 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 138 shares during the period. Nicholas Hoffman & Company LLC.’s holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF were worth $210,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the business. Morgan Stanley lifted its position in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 19.7% in the 3rd quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 39,464,377 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $3,500,096,000 after purchasing an additional 6,505,853 shares during the period. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. lifted its position in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 135.3% during the third quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 16,120,505 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,429,728,000 after acquiring an additional 9,270,435 shares during the last quarter. Rafferty Asset Management LLC lifted its position in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 17.7% during the third quarter. Rafferty Asset Management LLC now owns 15,620,856 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,385,414,000 after acquiring an additional 2,352,314 shares during the last quarter. Barclays PLC lifted its position in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 23.9% during the second quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 8,436,736 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $868,477,000 after acquiring an additional 1,628,873 shares during the last quarter. Finally, BlackRock Inc. lifted its position in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 9.9% during the first quarter. BlackRock Inc. now owns 6,140,423 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $653,157,000 after acquiring an additional 551,952 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 73.32% of the company’s stock.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Stock Up 0.4 %

NASDAQ:TLT opened at $89.15 on Monday. iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF has a 52 week low of $82.42 and a 52 week high of $107.24. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $92.84 and a 200 day moving average of $92.50. The stock has a market capitalization of $46.44 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -7.07 and a beta of 0.32.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Friday, April 5th. Investors of record on Tuesday, April 2nd were given a dividend of $0.3124 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, April 1st. This represents a $3.75 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.21%.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Company 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.