4Thought Financial Group Inc. Increases Stock Holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF $TLT

4Thought Financial Group Inc. boosted its stake in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT) by 51.1% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 45,488 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 15,377 shares during the period. iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF makes up approximately 2.1% of 4Thought Financial Group Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its 19th largest holding. 4Thought Financial Group Inc.’s holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF were worth $4,065,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Clearstead Trust LLC bought a new position in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF during the second quarter valued at $25,000. Cary Street Partners Investment Advisory LLC boosted its stake in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 130.9% during the 2nd quarter. Cary Street Partners Investment Advisory LLC now owns 284 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $25,000 after purchasing an additional 161 shares during the period. Ameritas Investment Partners Inc. purchased a new position in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF during the 2nd quarter worth about $33,000. First Command Advisory Services Inc. bought a new position in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF during the 3rd quarter valued at about $33,000. Finally, Caldwell Trust Co bought a new position in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF during the 2nd quarter valued at about $36,000. 73.33% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ TLT opened at $88.35 on Tuesday. iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF has a 1 year low of $83.29 and a 1 year high of $94.09. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $88.19 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $88.41. The company has a market cap of $45.98 billion, a P/E ratio of -6.75 and a beta of 0.53.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, December 24th. Investors of record on Friday, December 19th were paid a dividend of $0.3424 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, December 19th. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.7%. This is an increase from iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.32.

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.