18,104 Shares of iShares GNMA Bond ETF $GNMA Bought by Whitcomb & Hess Inc.

Whitcomb & Hess Inc. purchased a new stake in iShares GNMA Bond ETF (NASDAQ:GNMA) during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund purchased 18,104 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $758,000.

Other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Prosperity Planning Inc. increased its holdings in shares of iShares GNMA Bond ETF by 10.4% in the second quarter. Prosperity Planning Inc. now owns 340,879 shares of the company’s stock valued at $15,077,000 after purchasing an additional 32,240 shares during the period. Sanctuary Advisors LLC grew its position in iShares GNMA Bond ETF by 11.0% in the 1st quarter. Sanctuary Advisors LLC now owns 134,515 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,963,000 after buying an additional 13,350 shares during the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE increased its stake in iShares GNMA Bond ETF by 152.1% in the 1st quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 99,069 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,392,000 after buying an additional 59,773 shares during the period. CFS Investment Advisory Services LLC raised its position in iShares GNMA Bond ETF by 8.6% during the 1st quarter. CFS Investment Advisory Services LLC now owns 28,824 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,289,000 after buying an additional 2,276 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Focus Financial Network Inc. lifted its stake in shares of iShares GNMA Bond ETF by 1.7% in the 2nd quarter. Focus Financial Network Inc. now owns 21,096 shares of the company’s stock worth $933,000 after acquiring an additional 358 shares during the period.

iShares GNMA Bond ETF Trading Down 0.3%

Shares of iShares GNMA Bond ETF stock traded down $0.13 on Wednesday, reaching $41.56. 46,102 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 39,176. iShares GNMA Bond ETF has a 1-year low of $41.31 and a 1-year high of $45.49. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $43.06 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $43.77.

iShares GNMA Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, October 6th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, October 1st were paid a dividend of $0.1662 per share. This is a positive change from iShares GNMA Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.1582. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, October 1st. This represents a $1.99 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.8%.

iShares GNMA Bond ETF Profile

The iShares GNMA Bond ETF (GNMA) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the Bloomberg U.S. GNMA Bond index. The fund tracks a market-value-weighted index of US mortgage pass-through securities issued by Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), with 30- or 15-year maturities. GNMA was launched on Feb 14, 2012 and is managed by BlackRock.