iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SHY) Shares Sold by Ameritas Investment Partners Inc.

Ameritas Investment Partners Inc. decreased its position in iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SHY) by 91.7% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 3,725 shares of the company’s stock after selling 40,999 shares during the quarter. Ameritas Investment Partners Inc.’s holdings in iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF were worth $305,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Rockport Wealth LLC purchased a new position in iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF in the first quarter valued at about $6,295,000. Penobscot Investment Management Company Inc. raised its position in shares of iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 2.0% in the 1st quarter. Penobscot Investment Management Company Inc. now owns 27,735 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,268,000 after purchasing an additional 550 shares in the last quarter. Spreng Capital Management Inc. boosted its stake in shares of iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 0.6% during the 1st quarter. Spreng Capital Management Inc. now owns 29,281 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,395,000 after buying an additional 172 shares during the last quarter. ESL Trust Services LLC acquired a new stake in shares of iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF during the first quarter worth approximately $77,000. Finally, Edgestream Partners L.P. increased its stake in shares of iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 3.3% in the first quarter. Edgestream Partners L.P. now owns 10,538 shares of the company’s stock worth $862,000 after buying an additional 337 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 23.62% of the company’s stock.

iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF Price Performance

SHY opened at $82.01 on Thursday. iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF has a 12-month low of $80.62 and a 12-month high of $82.39. The stock has a market capitalization of $24.13 billion, a PE ratio of 3,695.45 and a beta of 0.01. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $81.58 and its 200 day moving average price is $81.61.

iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Friday, July 5th. Stockholders of record on Monday, July 1st were paid a $0.2704 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, July 1st. This represents a $3.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.96%.

iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF 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.