Ascent Group LLC Grows Stock Holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT)

Ascent Group LLC increased its stake in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT) by 9.2% during the 2nd quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 42,359 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 3,552 shares during the quarter. Ascent Group LLC’s holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF were worth $3,888,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Rafferty Asset Management LLC boosted its holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 134.1% in the fourth 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 boosted its stake 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 in the last quarter. Annex Advisory Services LLC grew its position in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 11,463.6% during the 2nd quarter. Annex Advisory Services LLC now owns 2,538,906 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $233,021,000 after purchasing an additional 2,516,950 shares during the last quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. bought a new stake in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF during the 2nd quarter valued at about $143,473,000. Finally, Cibc World Market Inc. increased its stake in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 21.9% during the 2nd quarter. Cibc World Market Inc. now owns 8,406,190 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $771,520,000 after purchasing an additional 1,511,435 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 73.32% of the company’s stock.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Stock Up 0.5 %

NASDAQ:TLT opened at $98.57 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $58.43 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -7.14 and a beta of 0.06. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $97.44 and its 200-day moving average price is $93.74. iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF has a 52 week low of $82.42 and a 52 week high of $101.64.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 6th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 3rd were paid a dividend of $0.3128 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, September 3rd.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF 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.