Moors & Cabot Inc. Boosts Stock Holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT)

Moors & Cabot Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT) by 1.8% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 9,175 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 163 shares during the period. Moors & Cabot Inc.’s holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF were worth $900,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in TLT. O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC increased its stake in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 578.5% during the 1st quarter. O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC now owns 13,374 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,265,000 after purchasing an additional 11,403 shares in the last quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc. increased its position in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 153.8% during the first quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc. now owns 1,784 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $169,000 after acquiring an additional 1,081 shares during the last quarter. LRI Investments LLC acquired a new position in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF during the 1st quarter worth $42,000. Lazard Asset Management LLC raised its position in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 21.2% during the 1st quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC now owns 5,002 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $473,000 after acquiring an additional 874 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Ashford Capital Management Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 2.3% in the 1st quarter. Ashford Capital Management Inc. now owns 30,635 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,899,000 after purchasing an additional 679 shares during the last quarter. 73.32% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Price Performance

Shares of TLT stock opened at $90.34 on Friday. iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF has a 12-month low of $87.34 and a 12-month high of $101.64. The firm has a market capitalization of $58.52 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -7.14 and a beta of 0.06. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $94.34 and a 200 day simple moving average of $94.21.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, November 6th. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 1st were issued a $0.3105 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, November 1st. This represents a $3.73 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.12%. This is a boost from iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.29.

About iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF

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.