Investors Buy Large Volume of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Call Options (NASDAQ:TLT)

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLTGet Free Report) was the target of some unusual options trading on Wednesday. Stock investors acquired 859,126 call options on the stock. This represents an increase of 46% compared to the average volume of 588,208 call options.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in TLT. ORG Wealth Partners LLC purchased a new stake in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF during the 3rd quarter valued at $35,000. Prospera Private Wealth LLC purchased a new stake in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF during the 3rd quarter valued at $42,000. ST Germain D J Co. Inc. increased its position in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 73.1% during the 4th quarter. ST Germain D J Co. Inc. now owns 476 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $42,000 after purchasing an additional 201 shares during the last quarter. CarsonAllaria Wealth Management Ltd. purchased a new stake in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF during the 3rd quarter valued at $59,000. Finally, PSI Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 58.4% during the 3rd quarter. PSI Advisors LLC now owns 654 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $64,000 after purchasing an additional 241 shares during the last quarter. 73.32% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Trading Up 1.7 %

Shares of NASDAQ:TLT opened at $86.76 on Thursday. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $89.93 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $93.62. iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF has a 1-year low of $84.89 and a 1-year high of $101.64. The stock has a market cap of $50.81 billion, a PE ratio of -7.14 and a beta of 0.06.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 23rd. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, December 18th were paid a dividend of $0.351 per share. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, December 18th. This is a boost from iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.31. This represents a $4.21 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.85%.

About iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF

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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.

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