iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF Sees Unusually High Options Volume (NASDAQ:EMB)

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF (NASDAQ:EMB) saw unusually large options trading on Tuesday. Stock investors purchased 8,800 put options on the company. This represents an increase of 214% compared to the average daily volume of 2,807 put options.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in EMB. Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. grew its stake in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 280.2% in the third quarter. Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. now owns 3,827,913 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $358,216,000 after acquiring an additional 2,821,148 shares during the period. TIAA Trust National Association grew its stake in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 134.4% in the first quarter. TIAA Trust National Association now owns 1,250,692 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $112,300,000 after acquiring an additional 717,196 shares during the period. Bessemer Group Inc. grew its stake in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 16.1% in the first quarter. Bessemer Group Inc. now owns 2,033,197 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $182,317,000 after acquiring an additional 281,339 shares during the period. Retirement Investment Advisors Inc. purchased a new position in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF during the second quarter valued at approximately $19,370,000. Finally, Symmetry Partners LLC purchased a new position in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF during the second quarter valued at approximately $7,385,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 91.08% of the company’s stock.

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF Stock Performance

Shares of EMB opened at $90.89 on Thursday. The business has a 50-day moving average of $92.43 and a 200-day moving average of $90.22. iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF has a 1 year low of $80.54 and a 1 year high of $93.97.

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 6th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 3rd were paid a dividend of $0.3682 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, September 3rd.

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF Company Profile

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF, formerly iShares JPMorgan USD Emerging Markets Bond Fund (the Fund), is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the JPMorgan EMBI Global Core Index (the Index). The Index is a diverse United States dollar-denominated emerging markets debt benchmark, which tracks the total return of actively traded external debt instruments in emerging market countries.