iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SHY) Shares Down 0.1%

iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SHY – Get Rating)’s share price traded down 0.1% during trading on Wednesday . The company traded as low as $81.62 and last traded at $81.64. 5,754,187 shares traded hands during trading, an increase of 1% from the average session volume of 5,697,899 shares. The stock had previously closed at $81.74.

iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF Trading Down 0.0 %

The business has a fifty day moving average price of $82.05 and a 200 day moving average price of $81.78.

iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Friday, May 5th. Investors of record on Tuesday, May 2nd were issued a dividend of $0.191 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, May 1st. This is a positive change from iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.18. This represents a $2.29 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.81%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in SHY. SignalPoint Asset Management LLC raised its holdings in iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 1.2% during the fourth quarter. SignalPoint Asset Management LLC now owns 9,985 shares of the company’s stock worth $810,000 after buying an additional 123 shares during the last quarter. Newbridge Financial Services Group Inc. raised its holdings in iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 16.0% during the first quarter. Newbridge Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 907 shares of the company’s stock worth $74,000 after buying an additional 125 shares during the last quarter. Triumph Capital Management raised its holdings in iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 5.2% during the fourth quarter. Triumph Capital Management now owns 2,684 shares of the company’s stock worth $218,000 after buying an additional 133 shares during the last quarter. Ingalls & Snyder LLC raised its holdings in iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 1.0% during the first quarter. Ingalls & Snyder LLC now owns 13,980 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,149,000 after buying an additional 135 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Ellis Investment Partners LLC increased its holdings in iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 2.8% during the 4th quarter. Ellis Investment Partners LLC now owns 4,994 shares of the company’s stock worth $405,000 after purchasing an additional 136 shares in the last quarter. 22.85% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF Company Profile

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The iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF (SHY) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the U.S. Treasury 1-3 Year index. The fund tracks a market weighted index of debt issued by the US Treasury with 1-3 years remaining to maturity. Treasury STRIPS are excluded. SHY was launched on Jul 22, 2002 and is managed by BlackRock.