Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC increased its position in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT – Free Report) by 1,674.9% in the third quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 133,523 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 126,000 shares during the period. Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC’s holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF were worth $10,385,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
Several other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. raised its holdings in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 18.3% in the 2nd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 5,550,822 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $479,702,000 after purchasing an additional 860,164 shares during the period. Aozora Bank LTD. acquired a new position in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF in the 2nd quarter valued at $198,507,000. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company grew its holdings in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 141.9% in the second quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 1,311,965 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $113,380,000 after purchasing an additional 769,615 shares during the period. HighTower Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 30.1% during the 2nd quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 1,052,408 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $90,949,000 after acquiring an additional 243,793 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Commonwealth Equity Services LLC boosted its holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 15.6% during the third quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC now owns 999,752 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $77,761,000 after buying an additional 134,943 shares in the last quarter. 73.33% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Stock Down 0.0%
Shares of NASDAQ TLT opened at $81.92 on Friday. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $80.38 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $84.50. The stock has a market capitalization of $49.09 billion, a P/E ratio of -6.75 and a beta of 0.51. iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF has a 52-week low of $76.43 and a 52-week high of $90.86.
iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend
The company also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, November 5th. Investors of record on Monday, November 2nd were paid a $0.3432 dividend. This is a boost from iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.3116. This represents a $4.12 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 5.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, November 2nd.
About iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF
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.
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