Americana Partners LLC Acquires 28,513 Shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF $TLT

Americana Partners LLC boosted its holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT) by 54.5% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 80,862 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 28,513 shares during the quarter. Americana Partners LLC’s holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF were worth $7,227,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. raised its stake in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 6.6% in the second quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 40,525,707 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $3,576,394,000 after purchasing an additional 2,508,650 shares during the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 84.9% during the second quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 7,909,435 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $698,008,000 after buying an additional 3,632,572 shares in the last quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. raised its position in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 2.3% in the 2nd quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 2,814,624 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $248,391,000 after buying an additional 63,442 shares during the last quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. lifted its stake in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 3.3% during the 2nd quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 2,669,542 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $235,587,000 after acquiring an additional 86,013 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. lifted its stake in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 1.4% during the 2nd quarter. Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. now owns 1,318,028 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $116,316,000 after acquiring an additional 17,729 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 73.33% of the company’s stock.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Price Performance

NASDAQ TLT opened at $87.80 on Tuesday. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $88.38 and a 200-day moving average price of $88.38. The firm has a market cap of $46.77 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -6.75 and a beta of 0.53. iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF has a 1 year low of $83.29 and a 1 year high of $94.09.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, December 24th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 19th were paid a $0.3424 dividend. This is a positive change from iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.32. The ex-dividend date was Friday, December 19th. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 4.7%.

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. The Underlying Index includes all publicly-issued the United States Treasury securities that have a remaining maturity of greater than or equal to 20 years.