iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF $IEF Shares Bought by James Investment Research Inc.

James Investment Research Inc. boosted its stake in shares of iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:IEF) by 12.3% in the 2nd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 69,262 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 7,582 shares during the quarter. James Investment Research Inc.’s holdings in iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF were worth $6,550,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the stock. Elevated Capital Advisors LLC acquired a new position in shares of iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF in the 4th quarter worth approximately $25,000. Windsor Advisory Group LLC acquired a new position in iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF during the first quarter worth $27,000. IFC & Insurance Marketing Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF in the fourth quarter valued at $28,000. Measured Wealth Private Client Group LLC purchased a new stake in shares of iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at $29,000. Finally, McIlrath & Eck LLC lifted its stake in iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 882.4% during the 4th quarter. McIlrath & Eck LLC now owns 334 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $32,000 after acquiring an additional 300 shares in the last quarter. 81.48% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF Price Performance

NASDAQ IEF opened at $93.04 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $47.21 billion, a P/E ratio of -22.00 and a beta of 0.26. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $93.70 and a two-hundred day moving average of $94.87. iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF has a 1-year low of $92.69 and a 1-year high of $98.04.

iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, August 6th. Shareholders of record on Monday, August 3rd were paid a $0.3175 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, August 3rd. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.1%.

About iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF

iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF (the Fund) is an is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of the United States Treasury bonds with remaining maturities between seven and ten years. The Fund seeks to track the investment results of the Barclays U.S. 7-10 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 greater than or equal to seven years and less than ten years.