iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF Sees Unusually Large Options Volume (NASDAQ:IEF)

iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:IEF) saw unusually large options trading on Tuesday. Stock traders bought 49,795 put options on the company. This represents an increase of 54% compared to the average volume of 32,351 put options.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Elevated Capital Advisors LLC acquired a new position in iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF during the 4th quarter valued at about $25,000. Grey Fox Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new position in iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF in the third quarter valued at about $27,000. Balentine LLC acquired a new position in iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF in the 3rd quarter worth about $29,000. Asset Dedication LLC purchased a new stake in shares of iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF during the 3rd quarter worth about $29,000. Finally, Measured Wealth Private Client Group LLC purchased a new stake in shares of iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF during the 3rd quarter worth about $29,000. Institutional investors own 81.48% of the company’s stock.

iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF Stock Performance

Shares of IEF stock traded up $0.09 during trading hours on Tuesday, reaching $95.53. The company had a trading volume of 7,308,965 shares, compared to its average volume of 9,315,763. The company has a market capitalization of $45.74 billion, a P/E ratio of -22.00 and a beta of 0.26. iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF has a twelve month low of $92.08 and a twelve month high of $97.77. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $96.35 and its 200 day simple moving average is $96.32.

iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, February 5th. Investors of record on Monday, February 2nd will be paid a dividend of $0.312 per share. The ex-dividend date is Monday, February 2nd. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 3.9%.

iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF Company Profile

iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF (the Fund) is an is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of the United States Treasury bonds with remaining maturities between seven and ten years. The Fund seeks to track the investment results of the Barclays U.S. 7-10 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 greater than or equal to seven years and less than ten years.