First National Trust Co Purchases 550 Shares of iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SHY)

First National Trust Co boosted its position in iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SHYFree Report) by 5.0% in the third quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 11,569 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 550 shares during the quarter. First National Trust Co’s holdings in iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF were worth $962,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. WestEnd Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF in the 2nd quarter worth about $30,000. Financial Connections Group Inc. bought a new position in shares of iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF during the second quarter valued at approximately $31,000. Rational Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF during the second quarter valued at approximately $67,000. Global Trust Asset Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $68,000. Finally, Creative Financial Designs Inc. ADV grew its stake in shares of iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 23.3% in the 3rd quarter. Creative Financial Designs Inc. ADV now owns 883 shares of the company’s stock worth $73,000 after buying an additional 167 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 23.62% of the company’s stock.

iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF Trading Down 0.1 %

Shares of NASDAQ:SHY opened at $81.93 on Wednesday. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $82.68 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $82.13. iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF has a 12-month low of $80.91 and a 12-month high of $83.30. The stock has a market capitalization of $22.13 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 3,695.45 and a beta of 0.01.

iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, November 6th. Investors of record on Friday, November 1st were paid a $0.2831 dividend. This is a boost from iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.27. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, November 1st. This represents a $3.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.15%.

About iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF

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The iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF (SHY) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the U.S. Treasury 1-3 Year index. The fund tracks a market weighted index of debt issued by the US Treasury with 1-3 years remaining to maturity. Treasury STRIPS are excluded. SHY was launched on Jul 22, 2002 and is managed by BlackRock.

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Institutional Ownership by Quarter for iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SHY)

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