Merit Financial Group LLC Purchases 75,364 Shares of iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF $IUSB

Merit Financial Group LLC boosted its position in iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:IUSB) by 18.1% during the second quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 491,505 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 75,364 shares during the period. Merit Financial Group LLC owned 0.05% of iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF worth $22,683,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in IUSB. AQR Capital Management LLC increased its stake in shares of iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF by 9.9% in the first quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 60,249 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,776,000 after purchasing an additional 5,416 shares in the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. boosted its holdings in iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF by 40.7% in the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 191,332 shares of the company’s stock worth $8,817,000 after buying an additional 55,360 shares during the period. M&T Bank Corp bought a new position in iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $335,000. Brown Advisory Inc. purchased a new position in iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $246,000. Finally, Qube Research & Technologies Ltd bought a new stake in iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF during the 2nd quarter valued at $167,000.

iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF Price Performance

NASDAQ:IUSB opened at $45.45 on Thursday. iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF has a 1 year low of $45.32 and a 1 year high of $47.23. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $45.80 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $46.17. The company has a market cap of $43.04 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.80 and a beta of 0.26.

iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, August 6th. Investors of record on Monday, August 3rd were issued a dividend of $0.1686 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, August 3rd.

iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF Company Profile

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.