iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT) Shares Sold by Joseph P. Lucia & Associates LLC

Joseph P. Lucia & Associates LLC cut its holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT) by 13.1% during the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 20,842 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 3,140 shares during the period. Joseph P. Lucia & Associates LLC’s holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF were worth $1,820,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. ORG Wealth Partners LLC acquired a new position in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at $35,000. West Branch Capital LLC lifted its holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 94.9% in the fourth quarter. West Branch Capital LLC now owns 417 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $36,000 after acquiring an additional 203 shares during the period. Prospera Private Wealth LLC purchased a new position in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF in the third quarter valued at about $42,000. ST Germain D J Co. Inc. increased its stake in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 73.1% in the 4th quarter. ST Germain D J Co. Inc. now owns 476 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $42,000 after purchasing an additional 201 shares in the last quarter. Finally, CarsonAllaria Wealth Management Ltd. purchased a new stake in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF during the third quarter worth $59,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 73.32% of the company’s stock.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Trading Up 1.2 %

Shares of TLT opened at $88.29 on Tuesday. iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF has a 12-month low of $84.89 and a 12-month high of $101.64. The company has a 50-day moving average of $89.31 and a two-hundred day moving average of $93.33. The stock has a market cap of $52.19 billion, a P/E ratio of -7.14 and a beta of 0.06.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 23rd. Investors of record on Wednesday, December 18th were paid a dividend of $0.351 per share. This is an increase from iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.31. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, December 18th. This represents a $4.21 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.77%.

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.