Boston Family Office LLC Increases Stake in iShares Short Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SHV)

Boston Family Office LLC boosted its stake in iShares Short Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SHV) by 94.6% in the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 8,677 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 4,219 shares during the quarter. Boston Family Office LLC’s holdings in iShares Short Treasury Bond ETF were worth $955,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of SHV. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its stake in shares of iShares Short Treasury Bond ETF by 23.7% during the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 9,031,532 shares of the company’s stock valued at $999,158,000 after buying an additional 1,732,399 shares during the period. Proficio Capital Partners LLC grew its position in iShares Short Treasury Bond ETF by 16,685.1% during the fourth quarter. Proficio Capital Partners LLC now owns 5,884,700 shares of the company’s stock valued at $647,964,000 after acquiring an additional 5,849,641 shares during the period. FMR LLC increased its stake in iShares Short Treasury Bond ETF by 337.6% during the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 2,069,990 shares of the company’s stock worth $229,003,000 after acquiring an additional 1,596,924 shares during the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC increased its stake in iShares Short Treasury Bond ETF by 6.8% during the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 1,907,963 shares of the company’s stock worth $210,086,000 after acquiring an additional 120,706 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Raymond James Financial Inc. purchased a new position in shares of iShares Short Treasury Bond ETF in the 4th quarter worth about $123,698,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 7.10% of the company’s stock.

iShares Short Treasury Bond ETF Trading Down 0.3 %

Shares of NASDAQ:SHV opened at $110.10 on Wednesday. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $110.30 and a 200-day simple moving average of $110.30. iShares Short Treasury Bond ETF has a 1 year low of $109.91 and a 1 year high of $110.64.

iShares Short Treasury Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, April 4th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, April 1st will be paid a dividend of $0.3836 per share. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, April 1st. This represents a $4.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.18%.

iShares Short Treasury Bond ETF Profile

iShares Short Treasury Bond ETF (the Fund), formerly iShares Barclays Short Treasury Bond Fund, is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks investment results that correspond to the price and yield performance of the Barclays Capital U.S. Short Treasury Bond Index (the Index). The Index measures the performance of public obligations of the United States Treasury that have a remaining maturity of between 1 and 12 months.