iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF $TLT Stock Holdings Boosted by Nationwide Fund Advisors

Nationwide Fund Advisors lifted its holdings in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT) by 7.5% in the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 119,258 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 8,278 shares during the period. iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF makes up about 0.4% of Nationwide Fund Advisors’ investment portfolio, making the stock its 8th biggest position. Nationwide Fund Advisors’ holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF were worth $9,276,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in TLT. Axiom Investment Management LLC acquired a new position in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF in the first quarter worth about $32,000. Versant Capital Management Inc lifted its stake in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 1,126.1% during 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 during the period. Cornerstone Planning Group LLC lifted its stake in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 123.6% during 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 during the period. Mosley Wealth Management lifted its stake in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 9,933.3% during 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 during the period. Finally, Core Capital Management & Research inc. bought a new position in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF during the second quarter worth about $53,000. 73.33% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Trading Up 0.6%

NASDAQ TLT opened at $81.49 on Friday. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $80.51 and its two-hundred day moving average is $84.68. The company has a market capitalization of $47.60 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -6.75 and a beta of 0.52. iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF has a 1-year low of $76.43 and a 1-year high of $90.97.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

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

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. 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.