Stock Traders Buy Large Volume of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF Call Options (NASDAQ:EMB)

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF (NASDAQ:EMB) was the target of unusually large options trading on Monday. Stock investors acquired 5,039 call options on the stock. This is an increase of approximately 410% compared to the typical volume of 988 call options.

Institutional Trading of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. First United Bank & Trust boosted its holdings in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 34.2% in the first quarter. First United Bank & Trust now owns 1,016 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $95,000 after purchasing an additional 259 shares during the last quarter. CoreCap Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 9.3% in the 2nd quarter. CoreCap Advisors LLC now owns 3,068 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $296,000 after buying an additional 260 shares during the period. Manning & Napier Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 2.6% in the first quarter. Manning & Napier Advisors LLC now owns 10,489 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $985,000 after buying an additional 264 shares during the last quarter. FDx Advisors Inc. boosted its stake in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 3.6% in the fourth quarter. FDx Advisors Inc. now owns 8,966 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $863,000 after buying an additional 313 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Compass Financial Management LLC acquired a new stake in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF during the second quarter worth about $31,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 91.08% of the company’s stock.

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF Price Performance

Shares of EMB stock traded down $0.94 during trading hours on Monday, reaching $91.24. 5,736,330 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 8,051,371. iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF has a 1 year low of $91.20 and a 1 year high of $97.80. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $94.43 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $95.14.

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

The business also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 4th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 1st were paid a $0.4137 dividend. This is a boost from iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.4136. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, September 1st. This represents a $4.96 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 5.4%.

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF Company Profile

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.