iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF $TLT Shares Bought by Tempus Wealth Planning LLC

Tempus Wealth Planning LLC raised its position in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT) by 83.8% during the third quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 53,727 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 24,491 shares during the quarter. iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF accounts for approximately 0.8% of Tempus Wealth Planning LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 29th largest holding. Tempus Wealth Planning LLC’s holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF were worth $4,179,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. raised its stake in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 18.3% in the second quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 5,550,822 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $479,702,000 after acquiring an additional 860,164 shares during the period. Aozora Bank LTD. bought a new stake in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF in the 2nd quarter worth about $198,507,000. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company boosted its stake in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 141.9% during the 2nd quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 1,311,965 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $113,380,000 after purchasing an additional 769,615 shares during the period. HighTower Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 30.1% during the 2nd quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 1,052,408 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $90,949,000 after purchasing an additional 243,793 shares during the period. Finally, State Street Corp boosted its stake in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 34.1% during the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 739,553 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $63,912,000 after purchasing an additional 188,174 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 73.33% of the company’s stock.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Stock Up 0.7%

NASDAQ:TLT traded up $0.52 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, hitting $78.89. 50,880,923 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 33,802,199. The stock has a market capitalization of $49.04 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -6.75 and a beta of 0.52. iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF has a 52 week low of $76.43 and a 52 week high of $92.18. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $80.91 and its two-hundred day moving average is $83.81.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, October 6th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, October 1st were paid a $0.3116 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, October 1st. This is a decrease from iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.3147. This represents a $3.74 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.7%.

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.