Loomis Sayles & Co. L P Buys 632 Shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT)

Loomis Sayles & Co. L P lifted its stake in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT) by 152.3% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 1,047 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 632 shares during the quarter. Loomis Sayles & Co. L P’s holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF were worth $103,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Advisors Asset Management Inc. grew its holdings in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 153.8% during the first quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc. now owns 1,784 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $169,000 after purchasing an additional 1,081 shares during the last quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC grew its holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 21.2% during the 1st quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC now owns 5,002 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $473,000 after acquiring an additional 874 shares during the last quarter. Tidal Investments LLC increased its position in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 302.5% in the 1st quarter. Tidal Investments LLC now owns 30,867 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,921,000 after acquiring an additional 23,199 shares during the period. LRI Investments LLC bought a new position in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF during the first quarter valued at $42,000. Finally, Cambridge Trust Co. lifted its holdings in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 39.5% during the first quarter. Cambridge Trust Co. now owns 2,573 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $243,000 after purchasing an additional 729 shares during the period. 73.32% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Stock Up 0.7 %

Shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF stock opened at $93.01 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $60.25 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -7.14 and a beta of 0.06. iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF has a twelve month low of $87.34 and a twelve month high of $101.64. The company’s fifty day moving average is $93.66 and its 200 day moving average is $94.29.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, November 6th. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 1st were given a dividend of $0.3105 per share. This represents a $3.73 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.01%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, November 1st. This is an increase from iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.29.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Company 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.