iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF $TLT Stock Position Raised by Scotia Capital Inc.

Scotia Capital Inc. boosted its holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT) by 27.5% during the second quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 42,127 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 9,081 shares during the period. Scotia Capital Inc.’s holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF were worth $3,719,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of TLT. Brighton Jones LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 28.0% in the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 2,747 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $240,000 after purchasing an additional 601 shares during the last quarter. Capstone Wealth Management Group LLC grew its stake in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 409.3% during the 1st quarter. Capstone Wealth Management Group LLC now owns 50,847 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $4,629,000 after buying an additional 40,863 shares during the last quarter. HB Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF in the first quarter worth $325,000. Banque Cantonale Vaudoise bought a new stake in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF in the first quarter valued at $320,000. Finally, Moors & Cabot Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 7.7% during the first quarter. Moors & Cabot Inc. now owns 11,077 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,008,000 after acquiring an additional 791 shares during the period. 73.33% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Stock Performance

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF stock opened at $90.19 on Friday. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $90.02 and a 200-day simple moving average of $87.94. The firm has a market capitalization of $49.40 billion, a P/E ratio of -6.75 and a beta of 0.53. iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF has a one year low of $83.29 and a one year high of $94.85.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, November 6th. Shareholders of record on Monday, November 3rd were paid a dividend of $0.3251 per share. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.3%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, November 3rd. This is a positive change from iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.31.

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.