Ameritas Advisory Services LLC Grows Stock Holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT)

Ameritas Advisory Services LLC increased its position in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT) by 23.2% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 34,890 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 6,564 shares during the period. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC’s holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF were worth $3,423,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. Motco bought a new position in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF during the first quarter worth $32,000. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. purchased a new stake in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF in the 2nd quarter worth $34,000. Riggs Asset Managment Co. Inc. purchased a new position in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF during the second quarter valued at about $35,000. ORG Wealth Partners LLC purchased a new position in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF during the third quarter valued at about $35,000. Finally, Anfield Capital Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF in the second quarter worth about $36,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 73.32% of the company’s stock.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Trading Up 0.5 %

Shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF stock opened at $92.74 on Wednesday. The firm has a market cap of $60.08 billion, a PE ratio of -7.14 and a beta of 0.06. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $96.28 and a 200 day moving average of $94.12. iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF has a 12 month low of $86.60 and a 12 month high of $101.64.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, November 6th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 1st will be given a dividend of $0.3105 per share. This is an increase from iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.29. This represents a $3.73 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.02%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 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.