iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF $TLT is West Family Investments Inc.’s 6th Largest Position

West Family Investments Inc. grew its stake in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT) by 11.4% during the second quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 122,410 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 12,542 shares during the quarter. iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF accounts for approximately 2.7% of West Family Investments Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its 6th biggest position. West Family Investments Inc.’s holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF were worth $10,803,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Clearstead Trust LLC purchased a new stake in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF in the second quarter worth about $25,000. Ameritas Investment Partners Inc. bought a new position in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $33,000. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB raised its position in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 38.4% in the 2nd quarter. MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust FSB now owns 465 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $41,000 after acquiring an additional 129 shares in the last quarter. Loomis Sayles & Co. L P lifted its stake in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 339.7% in the 2nd quarter. Loomis Sayles & Co. L P now owns 510 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $45,000 after purchasing an additional 394 shares during the period. Finally, Woodard & Co. Asset Management Group Inc. ADV boosted its position in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 416.0% during the second quarter. Woodard & Co. Asset Management Group Inc. ADV now owns 516 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $46,000 after purchasing an additional 416 shares in the last quarter. 73.33% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Stock Down 0.5%

Shares of TLT stock opened at $90.19 on Friday. The business’s fifty day moving average is $90.02 and its 200 day moving average is $87.92. The stock has a market cap of $49.40 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -6.75 and a beta of 0.53. iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF has a twelve month low of $83.29 and a twelve month high of $94.85.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, November 6th. Stockholders of record on Monday, November 3rd were given a $0.3251 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, November 3rd. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.3%. This is a boost from iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.31.

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.