Investors Buy High Volume of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF Put Options (NASDAQ:EMB)

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF (NASDAQ:EMB) was the recipient of unusually large options trading on Tuesday. Investors purchased 50,000 put options on the company. This is an increase of approximately 5,259% compared to the typical volume of 933 put options.

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF Stock Up 0.1%

EMB traded up $0.06 during trading on Wednesday, reaching $96.22. 1,101,935 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 7,053,150. iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF has a fifty-two week low of $84.78 and a fifty-two week high of $97.07. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $96.27 and a 200 day moving average price of $94.92.

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, December 24th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 19th were issued a dividend of $0.3829 per share. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.8%. This is an increase from iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.37. The ex-dividend date was Friday, December 19th.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF

Hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the stock. TD Private Client Wealth LLC lifted its position in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 211,000.0% in the 2nd quarter. TD Private Client Wealth LLC now owns 6,333 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $587,000 after acquiring an additional 6,330 shares in the last quarter. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. boosted its stake in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 133.7% in the 2nd quarter. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 2,274 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $211,000 after purchasing an additional 1,301 shares during the period. CoreCap Advisors LLC increased its stake in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 49.3% in the 3rd quarter. CoreCap Advisors LLC now owns 33,550 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $3,194,000 after acquiring an additional 11,084 shares during the last quarter. Private Wealth Asset Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 2,481.8% during the 2nd quarter. Private Wealth Asset Management LLC now owns 1,420 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $132,000 after buying an additional 1,365 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Foster & Motley Inc. grew its holdings in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 23.5% in the second quarter. Foster & Motley Inc. now owns 80,081 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $7,417,000 after purchasing an additional 15,259 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 91.08% of the company’s stock.

About iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF, formerly iShares JPMorgan USD Emerging Markets Bond Fund (the Fund), is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the JPMorgan EMBI Global Core Index (the Index). The Index is a diverse United States dollar-denominated emerging markets debt benchmark, which tracks the total return of actively traded external debt instruments in emerging market countries. The Fund invests in a representative sample of the securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index.