Vicus Capital Increases Stock Holdings in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF (NASDAQ:EMB)

Vicus Capital lifted its stake in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF (NASDAQ:EMB) by 39.6% during the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 14,454 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 4,101 shares during the period. Vicus Capital’s holdings in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF were worth $1,296,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the business. Financial Management Professionals Inc. bought a new stake in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF in the first quarter valued at $52,000. Tsfg LLC raised its stake in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 5,737.1% in the first quarter. Tsfg LLC now owns 6,129 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $550,000 after buying an additional 6,024 shares during the period. Future Financial Wealth Managment LLC raised its stake in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 1.1% in the first quarter. Future Financial Wealth Managment LLC now owns 13,402 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,202,000 after buying an additional 147 shares during the period. AdvisorNet Financial Inc raised its stake in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 6.9% in the first quarter. AdvisorNet Financial Inc now owns 15,339 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,375,000 after buying an additional 996 shares during the period. Finally, City State Bank raised its stake in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 1.2% in the first quarter. City State Bank now owns 10,771 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $966,000 after buying an additional 126 shares during the period. 91.08% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF Stock Performance

Shares of EMB opened at $88.48 on Friday. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $88.78 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $88.45. iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF has a 1 year low of $79.70 and a 1 year high of $90.08.

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 7th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 3rd were paid a $0.3627 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 3rd. This represents a $4.35 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.92%.

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF Company Profile

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF, formerly iShares JPMorgan USD Emerging Markets Bond Fund (the Fund), is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the JPMorgan EMBI Global Core Index (the Index). The Index is a diverse United States dollar-denominated emerging markets debt benchmark, which tracks the total return of actively traded external debt instruments in emerging market countries.