iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT) Shares Bought by Nationwide Fund Advisors

Nationwide Fund Advisors increased its position in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT) by 14.9% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 1,514,840 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 196,893 shares during the period. iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF accounts for approximately 10.6% of Nationwide Fund Advisors’ investment portfolio, making the stock its 4th biggest position. Nationwide Fund Advisors owned approximately 0.26% of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF worth $132,291,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in TLT. Principal Financial Group Inc. increased its holdings in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 45.5% during the 3rd quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 88,273 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $8,660,000 after acquiring an additional 27,586 shares during the last quarter. Vontobel Holding Ltd. boosted its position in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 99.7% during the third quarter. Vontobel Holding Ltd. now owns 72,263 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $7,089,000 after purchasing an additional 36,070 shares during the period. Commerce Bank increased its holdings in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 32.7% in the third quarter. Commerce Bank now owns 9,840 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $965,000 after purchasing an additional 2,426 shares during the last quarter. ST Germain D J Co. Inc. raised its position in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 73.1% in the fourth quarter. ST Germain D J Co. Inc. now owns 476 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $42,000 after purchasing an additional 201 shares during the period. Finally, Commonwealth Equity Services LLC lifted its stake in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 25.4% during the 3rd quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC now owns 1,748,635 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $171,541,000 after buying an additional 354,610 shares during the last quarter. 73.32% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Stock Performance

Shares of TLT stock opened at $88.01 on Thursday. iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF has a 52 week low of $84.89 and a 52 week high of $101.64. The company has a market capitalization of $52.02 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -7.14 and a beta of 0.06. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $89.21 and a 200 day simple moving average of $93.25.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 23rd. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, December 18th were issued a dividend of $0.351 per share. This represents a $4.21 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.79%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, December 18th. This is a boost from iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.31.

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.