Aviance Capital Partners LLC Acquires Shares of 18,876 iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF $IUSB

Aviance Capital Partners LLC acquired a new stake in shares of iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:IUSB) in the 1st quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund acquired 18,876 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $872,000.

A number of other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of IUSB. Align Financial LLC purchased a new position in shares of iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $132,644,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. boosted its holdings in iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF by 8.8% in the fourth quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 28,622,754 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,332,103,000 after acquiring an additional 2,324,731 shares in the last quarter. Symmetry Partners LLC purchased a new position in iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF during the 4th quarter valued at $104,011,000. Mariner LLC increased its position in iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF by 15.1% during the 4th quarter. Mariner LLC now owns 16,120,286 shares of the company’s stock valued at $750,239,000 after purchasing an additional 2,115,404 shares during the period. Finally, Morgan Stanley raised its holdings in iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF by 8.5% in the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 24,700,344 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,149,554,000 after purchasing an additional 1,931,838 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ IUSB opened at $45.79 on Monday. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $45.95 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $46.32. iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF has a 12 month low of $45.47 and a 12 month high of $47.23. The firm has a market capitalization of $42.87 billion, a PE ratio of 10.80 and a beta of 0.26.

iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, July 7th. Investors of record on Wednesday, July 1st were given a dividend of $0.164 per share. This is an increase from iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.15. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.3%. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, July 1st.

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.