Simplex Trading LLC Buys 1,123,273 Shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF $TLT

Simplex Trading LLC boosted its stake in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT) by 60.4% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 2,984,270 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,123,273 shares during the period. iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF accounts for about 0.1% of Simplex Trading LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 10th biggest holding. Simplex Trading LLC owned 0.51% of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF worth $232,117,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of TLT. AlphaCore Capital LLC lifted its stake in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 139.5% in the third quarter. AlphaCore Capital LLC now owns 8,901 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $692,000 after acquiring an additional 5,185 shares during the last quarter. Navigation Wealth Management Inc. increased its stake in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 7.7% during the 3rd quarter. Navigation Wealth Management Inc. now owns 7,323 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $572,000 after purchasing an additional 521 shares during the last quarter. M Holdings Securities Inc. acquired a new position in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF during the third quarter worth approximately $407,000. StoneX Group Inc. increased its holdings in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 13.8% during the 3rd quarter. StoneX Group Inc. now owns 4,270 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $332,000 after acquiring an additional 519 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Kornitzer Capital Management Inc. KS raised its position in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 7.0% in the third quarter. Kornitzer Capital Management Inc. KS now owns 19,241 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,497,000 after purchasing an additional 1,262 shares during the period. 73.33% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Stock Up 0.0%

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF stock opened at $81.96 on Tuesday. The stock has a market cap of $48.91 billion, a P/E ratio of -6.75 and a beta of 0.51. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $80.36 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $84.47. iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF has a twelve month low of $76.43 and a twelve month high of $90.86.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, November 5th. Shareholders of record on Monday, November 2nd were given a dividend of $0.3432 per share. This represents a $4.12 annualized dividend and a yield of 5.0%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, November 2nd. This is a positive change from iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.3116.

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.