iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:LQD) Shares Purchased by Loomis Sayles & Co. L P

Loomis Sayles & Co. L P raised its position in iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:LQD) by 167.9% during the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 133,792 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 83,843 shares during the period. Loomis Sayles & Co. L P’s holdings in iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF were worth $14,294,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in LQD. Kohmann Bosshard Financial Services LLC acquired a new position in iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $61,000. PSI Advisors LLC raised its position in iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF by 281.1% in the fourth quarter. PSI Advisors LLC now owns 705 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $75,000 after purchasing an additional 520 shares during the period. Quent Capital LLC raised its position in iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF by 59.6% in the fourth quarter. Quent Capital LLC now owns 742 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $79,000 after purchasing an additional 277 shares during the period. Murphy & Mullick Capital Management Corp acquired a new position in shares of iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF in the 4th quarter valued at $114,000. Finally, Adirondack Trust Co. grew its holdings in shares of iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF by 59.4% during the 4th quarter. Adirondack Trust Co. now owns 1,138 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $122,000 after purchasing an additional 424 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 89.30% of the company’s stock.

iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF Trading Up 0.6 %

Shares of NYSEARCA:LQD opened at $108.48 on Friday. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $108.07 and a 200 day moving average price of $109.04. iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF has a 12-month low of $104.14 and a 12-month high of $114.07. The company has a market capitalization of $30.41 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.64 and a beta of 0.45.

iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF Company Profile

iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (the Fund), formerly iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond Fund, is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks to track the investment results of the Markit iBoxx USD Liquid Investment Grade Index (the Index), which is a rules-based index consisting of liquid, the United States dollar-denominated, investment-grade corporate bonds for sale in the United States.