iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT) Position Increased by Commonwealth Equity Services LLC

Commonwealth Equity Services LLC increased its position in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT) by 5.3% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 1,840,482 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 91,847 shares during the period. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC owned about 0.30% of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF worth $160,729,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. raised its holdings in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 17.0% during the 4th quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. now owns 2,429,274 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $211,751,000 after purchasing an additional 353,468 shares in the last quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. raised its holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 9.8% in the 4th quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 1,958,175 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $171,007,000 after acquiring an additional 175,574 shares during the period. US Bancorp DE increased its holdings in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 78.0% during the 4th quarter. US Bancorp DE now owns 1,697,051 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $148,211,000 after purchasing an additional 743,864 shares during the period. Stifel Financial Corp increased its holdings in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 9.5% during the 3rd quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 1,684,820 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $165,281,000 after purchasing an additional 145,687 shares during the period. Finally, Wealthfront Advisers LLC lifted its position in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 1,901.0% during the fourth quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC now owns 1,588,699 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $138,741,000 after purchasing an additional 1,509,302 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 73.32% of the company’s stock.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Trading Down 0.6 %

Shares of TLT stock opened at $89.86 on Thursday. iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF has a 1 year low of $84.89 and a 1 year high of $101.64. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $88.59 and its 200-day moving average is $92.03. The firm has a market capitalization of $54.62 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -7.34 and a beta of 0.06.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 6th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 3rd were issued a $0.2898 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, March 3rd.

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.