iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF $TLT Position Raised by Vision Financial Markets LLC

Vision Financial Markets LLC grew its position in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT) by 247.2% in the third quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 346,900 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 247,000 shares during the period. iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF makes up 19.5% of Vision Financial Markets LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its largest position. Vision Financial Markets LLC’s holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF were worth $26,982,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of TLT. Summer Road LLC grew its stake in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 117.6% during the 1st quarter. Summer Road LLC now owns 370 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $32,000 after acquiring an additional 200 shares in the last quarter. Axiom Investment Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF in the first quarter worth $32,000. Versant Capital Management Inc lifted its position in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 1,126.1% in the third quarter. Versant Capital Management Inc now owns 564 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $44,000 after purchasing an additional 518 shares in the last quarter. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC lifted its position in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 123.6% in the second quarter. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC now owns 615 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $51,000 after purchasing an additional 340 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Mosley Wealth Management lifted its position in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 9,933.3% in the second quarter. Mosley Wealth Management now owns 602 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $52,000 after purchasing an additional 596 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 73.33% of the company’s stock.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Stock Down 0.5%

TLT traded down $0.40 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $81.34. 34,787,676 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 34,255,156. iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF has a 1-year low of $76.43 and a 1-year high of $92.18. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $80.56 and its two-hundred day moving average is $83.48. The stock has a market cap of $47.56 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -6.75 and a beta of 0.52.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, October 6th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, October 1st were given a dividend of $0.3116 per share. This is a drop from iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.3147. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, October 1st. This represents a $3.74 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.6%.

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. The Underlying Index includes all publicly-issued the United States Treasury securities that have a remaining maturity of greater than or equal to 20 years.