Blueprint Investment Partners LLC Buys Shares of 12,300 iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF $TLT

Blueprint Investment Partners LLC bought a new position in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT) in the third quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm bought 12,300 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $1,099,000.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of TLT. Clearstead Trust LLC acquired a new position in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $25,000. Cary Street Partners Investment Advisory LLC increased its position in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 130.9% during the second quarter. Cary Street Partners Investment Advisory LLC now owns 284 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $25,000 after buying an additional 161 shares in the last quarter. Greykasell Wealth Strategies Inc. acquired a new position in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF in the third quarter worth $27,000. Ameritas Investment Partners Inc. acquired a new position in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF in the second quarter worth $33,000. Finally, First Command Advisory Services Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF in the third quarter valued at $33,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 73.33% of the company’s stock.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Trading Down 1.3%

Shares of TLT stock opened at $89.61 on Tuesday. The company has a market capitalization of $46.50 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -6.75 and a beta of 0.53. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $88.17 and a 200 day moving average price of $88.77. iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF has a twelve month low of $83.29 and a twelve month high of $94.09.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 5th. Investors of record on Monday, March 2nd will be issued a $0.3006 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 2nd. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.0%.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF 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.