First Heartland Consultants Inc. Reduces Stock Position in iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF $IUSB

First Heartland Consultants Inc. trimmed its position in iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:IUSB) by 15.2% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 85,927 shares of the company’s stock after selling 15,461 shares during the period. First Heartland Consultants Inc.’s holdings in iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF were worth $4,014,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the business. Cary Street Partners Investment Advisory LLC boosted its holdings in iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF by 38.9% in the third quarter. Cary Street Partners Investment Advisory LLC now owns 41,070 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,918,000 after acquiring an additional 11,506 shares in the last quarter. Intelligence Driven Advisers LLC raised its holdings in iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF by 6.9% in the third quarter. Intelligence Driven Advisers LLC now owns 1,116,279 shares of the company’s stock worth $52,141,000 after buying an additional 72,539 shares during the last quarter. Koshinski Asset Management Inc. lifted its stake in shares of iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF by 10.4% in the third quarter. Koshinski Asset Management Inc. now owns 8,458 shares of the company’s stock worth $395,000 after buying an additional 795 shares in the last quarter. Advyzon Investment Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF by 58.0% during the third quarter. Advyzon Investment Management LLC now owns 30,379 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,419,000 after buying an additional 11,147 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Citigroup Inc. raised its holdings in iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF by 741.0% in the 3rd quarter. Citigroup Inc. now owns 210,458 shares of the company’s stock worth $9,830,000 after acquiring an additional 185,434 shares during the last quarter.

iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF Trading Up 0.2%

IUSB stock opened at $47.09 on Tuesday. iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF has a 12-month low of $44.74 and a 12-month high of $47.20. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $46.68 and its 200 day simple moving average is $46.67. The stock has a market capitalization of $35.41 billion, a PE ratio of 10.80 and a beta of 0.26.

iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, February 5th. Investors of record on Monday, February 2nd were given a dividend of $0.165 per share. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.2%. This is a boost from iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.16. The ex-dividend date was Monday, February 2nd.

iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF Company Profile

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.