Northstar Financial Companies Inc. Purchases 18,349 Shares of iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF $IUSB

Northstar Financial Companies Inc. grew its position in iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:IUSB) by 331.5% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 23,884 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 18,349 shares during the quarter. Northstar Financial Companies Inc.’s holdings in iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF were worth $1,103,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Align Financial LLC bought a new stake in iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF in the 4th quarter valued at $132,644,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. increased its position in iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF by 8.8% during the 4th quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 28,622,754 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,332,103,000 after buying an additional 2,324,731 shares during the period. Symmetry Partners LLC bought a new position in iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF during the 4th quarter worth $104,011,000. Mariner LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF by 15.1% during the fourth quarter. Mariner LLC now owns 16,120,286 shares of the company’s stock worth $750,239,000 after buying an additional 2,115,404 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Morgan Stanley lifted its holdings in shares of iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF by 8.5% during the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 24,700,344 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,149,554,000 after buying an additional 1,931,838 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF Stock Performance

NASDAQ:IUSB opened at $45.69 on Wednesday. iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF has a 52 week low of $45.47 and a 52 week high of $47.23. The firm has a market cap of $42.61 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.80 and a beta of 0.26. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $45.97 and its 200 day simple moving average is $46.33.

iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, July 7th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, July 1st were paid a dividend of $0.164 per share. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, July 1st. This is a positive change from iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.15. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.3%.

About iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF

The iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF (IUSB) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the Bloomberg U.S. Universal index. The fund tracks a broad Barclays index of USD-denominated taxable bonds. The index is market value weighted. IUSB was launched on Jun 10, 2014 and is managed by BlackRock.