iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF $IUSB Shares Acquired by Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC

Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC grew its stake in shares of iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:IUSB) by 48.0% in the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 309,758 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 100,511 shares during the quarter. Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC’s holdings in iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF were worth $13,657,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. lifted its stake in shares of iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF by 35.3% during the second quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 180,016,371 shares of the company’s stock worth $8,307,768,000 after buying an additional 46,935,169 shares during the period. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. raised its holdings in iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF by 10.2% in the 2nd quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 33,421,651 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,542,409,000 after acquiring an additional 3,083,604 shares in the last quarter. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. lifted its position in shares of iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF by 35.1% in the second quarter. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. now owns 16,937,298 shares of the company’s stock worth $781,656,000 after purchasing an additional 4,399,948 shares in the last quarter. Park Avenue Securities LLC increased its position in iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF by 21.6% in the 3rd quarter. Park Avenue Securities LLC now owns 15,696,885 shares of the company’s stock valued at $692,076,000 after acquiring an additional 2,783,245 shares during the period. Finally, Bank of New York Mellon Corp increased its position in iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF by 13.8% in the first quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 10,974,170 shares of the company’s stock worth $506,897,000 after buying an additional 1,333,886 shares during the last quarter.

iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF Trading Down 0.1%

Shares of NASDAQ:IUSB opened at $44.94 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $50.33 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.80 and a beta of 0.27. iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF has a 12 month low of $43.75 and a 12 month high of $47.23. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $44.63 and its 200 day moving average is $45.76.

iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, November 5th. Shareholders of record on Monday, November 2nd were given a dividend of $0.1718 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, November 2nd. This is an increase from iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.1544. This represents a $2.06 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.6%.

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.