West Family Investments Inc. Boosts Stock Holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF $TLT

West Family Investments Inc. increased its holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT) by 8.9% in the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 133,337 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 10,927 shares during the period. iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF makes up about 2.7% of West Family Investments Inc.’s portfolio, making the stock its 7th largest holding. West Family Investments Inc.’s holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF were worth $11,622,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 125.5% in the fourth quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 8,997,581 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $784,229,000 after acquiring an additional 44,234,543 shares during the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. grew its holdings in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 3.4% during the fourth quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 43,140,136 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $3,760,094,000 after purchasing an additional 1,418,641 shares during the last quarter. Assetmark Inc. raised its position in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 652.3% during the 3rd quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 1,628,189 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $145,511,000 after purchasing an additional 1,411,767 shares during the period. Cibc World Market Inc. raised its position in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 429.3% during the 3rd quarter. Cibc World Market Inc. now owns 1,490,621 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $133,217,000 after purchasing an additional 1,208,976 shares during the period. Finally, Prudential PLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 104.9% in the 3rd quarter. Prudential PLC now owns 1,046,620 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $93,536,000 after purchasing an additional 535,870 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 73.33% of the company’s stock.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Price Performance

NASDAQ:TLT opened at $85.06 on Monday. iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF has a 12-month low of $82.77 and a 12-month high of $92.18. The firm has a market capitalization of $42.33 billion, a P/E ratio of -6.75 and a beta of 0.52. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $85.80 and a 200 day simple moving average of $87.35.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 4th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 1st were given a dividend of $0.3358 per share. This is an increase from iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.32. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.7%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 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.