Barclays PLC Acquires 459,760 Shares of iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF $SHY

Barclays PLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SHY) by 30.5% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 1,965,902 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 459,760 shares during the quarter. Barclays PLC owned 0.67% of iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF worth $162,816,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in SHY. NewEdge Advisors LLC increased its stake in iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 0.7% in the second quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 131,739 shares of the company’s stock valued at $10,916,000 after acquiring an additional 916 shares during the last quarter. Squarepoint Ops LLC grew its stake in shares of iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 103.3% in the second quarter. Squarepoint Ops LLC now owns 15,212 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,260,000 after purchasing an additional 7,731 shares during the last quarter. Darwin Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF in the second quarter worth $70,000. NCM Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 6.7% in the second quarter. NCM Capital Management LLC now owns 9,569 shares of the company’s stock valued at $793,000 after buying an additional 603 shares during the period. Finally, Ausdal Financial Partners Inc. lifted its holdings in iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 2.9% in the second quarter. Ausdal Financial Partners Inc. now owns 32,729 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,712,000 after buying an additional 919 shares during the period. 23.15% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF Price Performance

SHY opened at $82.11 on Tuesday. iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF has a fifty-two week low of $81.86 and a fifty-two week high of $83.20. The firm has a market capitalization of $25.14 billion, a PE ratio of 3,747.73 and a beta of 0.05. The company’s 50-day moving average is $82.26 and its 200 day moving average is $82.60.

iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 4th. Investors of record on Monday, June 1st were issued a $0.2429 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 1st. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.5%. This is a boost from iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.24.

iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF Company Profile

The iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF (SHY) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the U.S. Treasury 1-3 Year index. The fund tracks a market weighted index of debt issued by the US Treasury with 1-3 years remaining to maturity. Treasury STRIPS are excluded. SHY was launched on Jul 22, 2002 and is managed by BlackRock.