iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF $TLT Shares Bought by HighTower Advisors LLC

HighTower Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT) by 30.1% during the second quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 1,052,408 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 243,793 shares during the period. HighTower Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF were worth $90,949,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its stake in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 125.5% during the 4th quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 8,997,581 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $784,229,000 after buying an additional 44,234,543 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE increased its stake in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 10.5% during the fourth quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 109,057,503 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $9,505,452,000 after acquiring an additional 10,380,437 shares during the period. Morgan Stanley lifted its position in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 31.3% in the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 19,186,986 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,672,338,000 after purchasing an additional 4,577,906 shares during the period. Pureheart Capital Pte Ltd. bought a new position in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF during the 4th quarter valued at $292,683,000. Finally, Aozora Bank LTD. bought a new stake in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF in the 2nd quarter worth $198,507,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 73.33% of the company’s stock.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Price Performance

Shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF stock opened at $82.21 on Tuesday. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $83.27 and a 200-day simple moving average of $85.43. The firm has a market cap of $41.41 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -6.75 and a beta of 0.51. iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF has a fifty-two week low of $81.17 and a fifty-two week high of $92.18.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 4th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 1st were given a $0.3147 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, September 1st. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 4.6%.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Profile

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. The Underlying Index includes all publicly-issued the United States Treasury securities that have a remaining maturity of greater than or equal to 20 years.