iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF $TLT Holdings Increased by Vontobel Holding Ltd.

Vontobel Holding Ltd. grew its position in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT) by 34.7% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 74,761 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 19,259 shares during the period. Vontobel Holding Ltd.’s holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF were worth $5,815,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in TLT. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. raised its holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 18.3% during the second quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 5,550,822 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $479,702,000 after purchasing an additional 860,164 shares in the last quarter. Aozora Bank LTD. purchased a new stake in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $198,507,000. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company boosted its holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 141.9% in the 2nd quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 1,311,965 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $113,380,000 after purchasing an additional 769,615 shares in the last quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 30.1% in the 2nd quarter. HighTower Advisors LLC now owns 1,052,408 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $90,949,000 after purchasing an additional 243,793 shares in the last quarter. Finally, State Street Corp increased its position in 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. 73.33% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Trading Up 0.1%

NASDAQ TLT opened at $80.05 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $49.95 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -6.75 and a beta of 0.52. The business’s 50 day moving average is $80.72 and its two-hundred day moving average is $83.69. iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF has a 12-month low of $76.43 and a 12-month high of $92.18.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

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

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Company 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.