iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT) Shares Acquired by West Branch Capital LLC

West Branch Capital LLC increased its holdings in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT) by 94.9% during the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 417 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 203 shares during the period. West Branch Capital LLC’s holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF were worth $36,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of TLT. Principal Financial Group Inc. boosted its position in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 45.5% during the 3rd quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 88,273 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $8,660,000 after acquiring an additional 27,586 shares during the last quarter. Vontobel Holding Ltd. grew its stake in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 99.7% in the 3rd quarter. Vontobel Holding Ltd. now owns 72,263 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $7,089,000 after buying an additional 36,070 shares during the period. Full Sail Capital LLC increased its holdings in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 5.3% during the 2nd quarter. Full Sail Capital LLC now owns 70,398 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $6,461,000 after buying an additional 3,530 shares during the last quarter. Commerce Bank raised its position in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 32.7% during the 3rd quarter. Commerce Bank now owns 9,840 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $965,000 after buying an additional 2,426 shares during the period. Finally, ST Germain D J Co. Inc. lifted its holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 73.1% in the fourth quarter. ST Germain D J Co. Inc. now owns 476 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $42,000 after acquiring an additional 201 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 73.32% of the company’s stock.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Stock Performance

Shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF stock opened at $87.97 on Wednesday. iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF has a fifty-two week low of $84.89 and a fifty-two week high of $101.64. The firm has a market capitalization of $52.08 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -7.14 and a beta of 0.06. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $89.52 and a 200 day moving average of $93.48.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 23rd. Investors of record on Wednesday, December 18th were given a dividend of $0.351 per share. This represents a $4.21 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.79%. This is an increase from iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.31. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, December 18th.

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.