Cetera Investment Advisers Buys 520,120 Shares of iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF $IUSB

Cetera Investment Advisers increased its stake in shares of iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:IUSB) by 5.5% during the first quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 10,043,013 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 520,120 shares during the period. iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF accounts for 0.5% of Cetera Investment Advisers’ investment portfolio, making the stock its 29th largest position. Cetera Investment Advisers owned about 1.27% of iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF worth $463,887,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. NewEdge Wealth LLC increased its position in shares of iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF by 26.3% during the first quarter. NewEdge Wealth LLC now owns 6,636 shares of the company’s stock valued at $307,000 after buying an additional 1,380 shares during the period. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. boosted its position in shares of iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF by 1.0% in the first quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 1,455,397 shares of the company’s stock valued at $67,225,000 after acquiring an additional 14,473 shares during the period. Glenview Trust Co bought a new position in shares of iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF in the first quarter valued at approximately $601,000. Johnson Financial Group Inc. grew its stake in iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF by 7,027.0% during the first quarter. Johnson Financial Group Inc. now owns 5,053,447 shares of the company’s stock valued at $233,419,000 after acquiring an additional 4,982,541 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Balefire LLC grew its stake in iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF by 352.8% during the first quarter. Balefire LLC now owns 21,995 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,016,000 after acquiring an additional 17,137 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF Trading Down 0.2%

iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF stock opened at $45.52 on Thursday. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $45.92 and its 200 day simple moving average is $46.29. The firm has a market capitalization of $42.73 billion, a PE ratio of 10.80 and a beta of 0.26. iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF has a 1-year low of $45.47 and a 1-year high of $47.23.

iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, July 7th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, July 1st were given a dividend of $0.164 per share. This is an increase from iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.15. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, July 1st. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.3%.

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.