White Pine Capital LLC Sells 8,357 Shares of BlackRock Short Duration Bond ETF (BATS:NEAR)

White Pine Capital LLC reduced its stake in BlackRock Short Duration Bond ETF (BATS:NEAR) by 30.7% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 18,829 shares of the company’s stock after selling 8,357 shares during the quarter. White Pine Capital LLC’s holdings in BlackRock Short Duration Bond ETF were worth $951,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Integrated Investment Consultants LLC bought a new position in BlackRock Short Duration Bond ETF in the 4th quarter valued at about $361,000. First Citizens Financial Corp increased its holdings in shares of BlackRock Short Duration Bond ETF by 8.5% during the fourth quarter. First Citizens Financial Corp now owns 21,914 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,107,000 after purchasing an additional 1,725 shares during the period. Industrial Alliance Investment Management Inc. increased its holdings in shares of BlackRock Short Duration Bond ETF by 130.0% during the third quarter. Industrial Alliance Investment Management Inc. now owns 18,349 shares of the company’s stock worth $915,000 after purchasing an additional 10,371 shares during the period. Cary Street Partners Investment Advisory LLC increased its holdings in shares of BlackRock Short Duration Bond ETF by 4.6% during the third quarter. Cary Street Partners Investment Advisory LLC now owns 28,022 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,398,000 after purchasing an additional 1,243 shares during the period. Finally, Rollins Financial increased its holdings in shares of BlackRock Short Duration Bond ETF by 61.8% during the third quarter. Rollins Financial now owns 75,820 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,783,000 after purchasing an additional 28,965 shares during the period.

BlackRock Short Duration Bond ETF Stock Up 0.0 %

Shares of NEAR traded up $0.02 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $50.06. 148,882 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged. BlackRock Short Duration Bond ETF has a 52 week low of $50.10 and a 52 week high of $50.30. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $50.26 and its 200-day simple moving average is $50.25.

BlackRock Short Duration Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Friday, April 5th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, April 2nd were issued a dividend of $0.1987 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, April 1st. This is a boost from BlackRock Short Duration Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.20.

BlackRock Short Duration Bond ETF Company Profile

The iShares Short Maturity Bond ETF (NEAR) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in investment grade fixed income. The fund aims to maximize income and preserve capital using very short maturity, USD-denominated global fixed income securities in an actively-managed fund. NEAR was launched on Sep 25, 2013 and is managed by BlackRock.