Westwood Holdings Group Inc. Raises Holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT)

Westwood Holdings Group Inc. boosted its stake in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT) by 6.2% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 295,985 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 17,246 shares during the quarter. Westwood Holdings Group Inc.’s holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF were worth $28,006,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Rafferty Asset Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 134.1% during the 4th quarter. Rafferty Asset Management LLC now owns 36,566,862 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $3,615,731,000 after acquiring an additional 20,946,006 shares in the last quarter. Jane Street Group LLC raised its holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 49.1% in the 1st quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 19,599,021 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,854,459,000 after purchasing an additional 6,457,638 shares during the period. Assetmark Inc. boosted its position in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 3,761.2% during the fourth quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 4,497,876 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $444,750,000 after purchasing an additional 4,381,387 shares in the last quarter. National Bank of Canada FI grew its holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 5,972.2% in the fourth quarter. National Bank of Canada FI now owns 3,435,793 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $337,771,000 after purchasing an additional 3,379,211 shares during the period. Finally, TD Asset Management Inc increased its position in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 26.2% in the fourth quarter. TD Asset Management Inc now owns 9,739,457 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $963,038,000 after buying an additional 2,023,240 shares in the last quarter. 73.32% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Stock Up 3.1 %

Shares of TLT stock traded up $2.97 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $98.28. 91,912,942 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 40,384,457. iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF has a fifty-two week low of $82.42 and a fifty-two week high of $100.57. The firm has a market cap of $58.44 billion, a P/E ratio of -7.14 and a beta of 0.06. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $92.84 and a two-hundred day moving average of $92.62.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, August 6th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, August 1st will be given a dividend of $0.3149 per share. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 1st.

About iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF

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.