iShares J.P. Morgan EM High Yield Bond ETF (BATS:EMHY) Plans Dividend of $0.21

iShares J.P. Morgan EM High Yield Bond ETF (BATS:EMHY) declared a dividend on Thursday, March 28th, NASDAQ reports. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, April 2nd will be given a dividend of 0.2072 per share on Friday, April 5th. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, April 1st. This is a boost from iShares J.P. Morgan EM High Yield Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.20.

iShares J.P. Morgan EM High Yield Bond ETF Stock Performance

Shares of BATS EMHY traded down $0.13 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $37.46. 30,821 shares of the stock were exchanged. iShares J.P. Morgan EM High Yield Bond ETF has a 52-week low of $48.44 and a 52-week high of $51.12. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $36.63 and a 200-day moving average price of $35.45.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares J.P. Morgan EM High Yield Bond ETF

A number of institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Marshall Wace LLP purchased a new stake in iShares J.P. Morgan EM High Yield Bond ETF in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $15,305,000. Ameriprise Financial Inc. lifted its position in iShares J.P. Morgan EM High Yield Bond ETF by 14.7% during the first quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 47,188 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,663,000 after buying an additional 6,038 shares in the last quarter. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. lifted its position in iShares J.P. Morgan EM High Yield Bond ETF by 5.4% during the fourth quarter. Cambridge Investment Research Advisors Inc. now owns 33,851 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,230,000 after buying an additional 1,722 shares in the last quarter. Flow Traders U.S. LLC acquired a new position in iShares J.P. Morgan EM High Yield Bond ETF during the first quarter valued at approximately $963,000. Finally, Bank of New York Mellon Corp lifted its position in iShares J.P. Morgan EM High Yield Bond ETF by 49.6% during the first quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 26,446 shares of the company’s stock valued at $932,000 after buying an additional 8,770 shares in the last quarter.

About iShares J.P. Morgan EM High Yield Bond ETF

The iShares J.P. Morgan EM High Yield Bond ETF (EMHY) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in high yield fixed income. The fund tracks an index comprising USD denominated emerging markets high yield bonds. EMHY was launched on Apr 3, 2012 and is managed by BlackRock.