JT Stratford LLC Increases Position in iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF $IUSB

JT Stratford LLC increased its stake in iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:IUSB) by 552.8% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 359,473 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 304,406 shares during the period. iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF comprises about 2.2% of JT Stratford LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 7th largest holding. JT Stratford LLC owned approximately 0.05% of iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF worth $16,791,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Jones Financial Companies Lllp increased its stake in iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF by 6.9% in the 3rd quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 71,364,109 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,327,011,000 after purchasing an additional 4,589,650 shares during the period. Gallagher Fiduciary Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF by 3,595.7% in the second quarter. Gallagher Fiduciary Advisors LLC now owns 3,377,749 shares of the company’s stock worth $156,153,000 after purchasing an additional 3,286,352 shares during the last quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans increased its stake in shares of iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF by 3,347.5% in the third quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 1,862,672 shares of the company’s stock worth $87,006,000 after buying an additional 1,808,643 shares during the period. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. raised its holdings in iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF by 5.8% during the 2nd quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 24,317,154 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,124,182,000 after buying an additional 1,330,484 shares during the last quarter. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its holdings in iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF by 4.9% during the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 19,693,393 shares of the company’s stock valued at $919,878,000 after buying an additional 911,004 shares during the last quarter.

iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF Stock Down 0.1%

Shares of iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF stock opened at $46.77 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $35.17 billion, a PE ratio of 10.80 and a beta of 0.26. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $46.74 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $46.70. iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF has a 12-month low of $44.74 and a 12-month high of $47.23.

iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently declared a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 5th. Investors of record on Monday, March 2nd will be issued a dividend of $0.1573 per share. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.0%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 2nd.

iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF 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.