Watershed Private Wealth LLC Has $2.08 Million Stock Position in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT)

Watershed Private Wealth LLC raised its holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT) by 16.9% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 23,830 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 3,439 shares during the quarter. iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF accounts for approximately 0.8% of Watershed Private Wealth LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 28th biggest position. Watershed Private Wealth LLC’s holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF were worth $2,081,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Principal Financial Group Inc. boosted its stake in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 45.5% in the third quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 88,273 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $8,660,000 after buying an additional 27,586 shares in the last quarter. Vontobel Holding Ltd. lifted its holdings in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 99.7% in the third quarter. Vontobel Holding Ltd. now owns 72,263 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $7,089,000 after acquiring an additional 36,070 shares during the last quarter. Commerce Bank boosted its stake in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 32.7% in the 3rd quarter. Commerce Bank now owns 9,840 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $965,000 after purchasing an additional 2,426 shares in the last quarter. ST Germain D J Co. Inc. grew its holdings in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 73.1% during the 4th quarter. ST Germain D J Co. Inc. now owns 476 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $42,000 after purchasing an additional 201 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Commonwealth Equity Services LLC increased its position in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 25.4% during the 3rd quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC now owns 1,748,635 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $171,541,000 after purchasing an additional 354,610 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 73.32% of the company’s stock.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Price Performance

Shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF stock opened at $88.18 on Wednesday. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $89.26 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $93.29. The firm has a market capitalization of $52.12 billion, a P/E ratio of -7.14 and a beta of 0.06. iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF has a fifty-two week low of $84.89 and a fifty-two week high of $101.64.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 23rd. Investors of record on Wednesday, December 18th were given a dividend of $0.351 per share. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, December 18th. This represents a $4.21 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.78%. This is a positive change from iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.31.

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.