iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT) Shares Bought by Townsend & Associates Inc

Townsend & Associates Inc raised its position in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT) by 3.9% in the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 384,957 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 14,578 shares during the period. iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF accounts for approximately 3.6% of Townsend & Associates Inc’s holdings, making the stock its 9th biggest position. Townsend & Associates Inc owned approximately 0.06% of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF worth $35,443,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Divergent Wealth Advisors increased its stake in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 1.1% during the 3rd quarter. Divergent Wealth Advisors now owns 10,869 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,066,000 after buying an additional 117 shares during the period. Bleakley Financial Group LLC raised its stake in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 3.5% in the 1st quarter. Bleakley Financial Group LLC now owns 3,598 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $340,000 after buying an additional 121 shares in the last quarter. 49 Wealth Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 5.4% in the first quarter. 49 Wealth Management LLC now owns 2,418 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $224,000 after buying an additional 124 shares during the period. Trivant Custom Portfolio Group LLC boosted its stake in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 4.0% during the second quarter. Trivant Custom Portfolio Group LLC now owns 3,282 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $301,000 after buying an additional 127 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Crewe Advisors LLC raised its position in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 22.4% in the second quarter. Crewe Advisors LLC now owns 737 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $68,000 after acquiring an additional 135 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 73.32% of the company’s stock.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Price Performance

Shares of TLT opened at $92.49 on Friday. iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF has a 12-month low of $86.74 and a 12-month high of $101.64. The stock has a market capitalization of $59.92 billion, a P/E ratio of -7.14 and a beta of 0.06. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $95.92 and its 200-day moving average is $94.10.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, November 6th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 1st were paid a dividend of $0.3105 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, November 1st. This is a positive change from iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.29. This represents a $3.73 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.03%.

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.