Chatterton & Associates Inc. Makes New $3.23 Million Investment in iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF $IUSB

Chatterton & Associates Inc. bought a new position in iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:IUSB) in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor bought 69,317 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,226,000. iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF accounts for approximately 2.8% of Chatterton & Associates Inc.’s portfolio, making the stock its 11th largest holding.

A number of other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of IUSB. Jones Financial Companies Lllp boosted its holdings in iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF by 6.9% in the 3rd quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 71,364,109 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,327,011,000 after buying an additional 4,589,650 shares during the period. Gallagher Fiduciary Advisors LLC raised its holdings in iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF by 3,595.7% during the 2nd quarter. Gallagher Fiduciary Advisors LLC now owns 3,377,749 shares of the company’s stock valued at $156,153,000 after acquiring an additional 3,286,352 shares during the period. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. raised its holdings in iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF by 8.1% during the 3rd quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 26,298,023 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,228,381,000 after acquiring an additional 1,980,869 shares during the period. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans raised its holdings in iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF by 3,347.5% during the 3rd quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 1,862,672 shares of the company’s stock valued at $87,006,000 after acquiring an additional 1,808,643 shares during the period. Finally, Mariner LLC raised its holdings in iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF by 11.5% during the 3rd quarter. Mariner LLC now owns 14,004,882 shares of the company’s stock valued at $654,168,000 after acquiring an additional 1,449,320 shares during the period.

iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF Price Performance

NASDAQ:IUSB opened at $46.18 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $36.13 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.80 and a beta of 0.26. iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF has a 1 year low of $44.74 and a 1 year high of $47.23. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $46.57 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $46.67.

iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, April 7th. Investors of record on Wednesday, April 1st will be issued a dividend of $0.1645 per share. This is a positive change from iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.16. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, April 1st. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.3%.

About iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF

The iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF (IUSB) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the Bloomberg U.S. Universal index. The fund tracks a broad Barclays index of USD-denominated taxable bonds. The index is market value weighted. IUSB was launched on Jun 10, 2014 and is managed by BlackRock.