WestEnd Advisors LLC Sells 32,348 Shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF $TLT

WestEnd Advisors LLC reduced its holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT) by 3.5% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 890,967 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 32,348 shares during the quarter. iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF comprises 1.8% of WestEnd Advisors LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 16th largest position. WestEnd Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF were worth $77,658,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in TLT. Assetmark Inc. grew its position in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 652.3% in the 3rd quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 1,628,189 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $145,511,000 after buying an additional 1,411,767 shares during the last quarter. Cibc World Market Inc. boosted its position in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 429.3% during the third quarter. Cibc World Market Inc. now owns 1,490,621 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $133,217,000 after purchasing an additional 1,208,976 shares in the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. boosted its position in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 3.0% during the third quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 41,721,495 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $3,728,650,000 after purchasing an additional 1,195,788 shares in the last quarter. Prudential PLC boosted its position in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 104.9% during the third quarter. Prudential PLC now owns 1,046,620 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $93,536,000 after purchasing an additional 535,870 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Envestnet Asset Management Inc. boosted its position in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 8.6% during the third quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 6,657,532 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $594,984,000 after purchasing an additional 527,803 shares in the last quarter. 73.33% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Stock Up 0.9%

NASDAQ TLT opened at $87.07 on Friday. iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF has a twelve month low of $83.29 and a twelve month high of $92.18. The firm has a market capitalization of $42.43 billion, a PE ratio of -6.75 and a beta of 0.57. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $87.84 and its 200 day moving average is $88.50.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, April 7th. Investors of record on Wednesday, April 1st were given a dividend of $0.3448 per share. This is a boost from iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.30. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.8%. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, April 1st.

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. The Underlying Index includes all publicly-issued the United States Treasury securities that have a remaining maturity of greater than or equal to 20 years.