iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Target of Unusually Large Options Trading (NASDAQ:TLT)

Posted by on Jun 8th, 2023

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT – Get Rating) was the recipient of unusually large options trading on Wednesday. Stock investors purchased 354,621 call options on the stock. This is an increase of 88% compared to the average volume of 188,407 call options.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Stock Down 1.5 %

Shares of TLT stock opened at $100.88 on Thursday. iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF has a 12-month low of $91.85 and a 12-month high of $120.69. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $103.22 and its 200-day moving average price is $104.09.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, June 7th. Investors of record on Friday, June 2nd were issued a $0.273 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, June 1st. This represents a $3.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.25%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF

Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 105.9% in the fourth quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 1,929,360 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $192,086,000 after purchasing an additional 34,701,040 shares during the last quarter. Simplex Trading LLC lifted its position in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 104.3% during the first quarter. Simplex Trading LLC now owns 471,278 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $50,129,000 after purchasing an additional 11,475,057 shares in the last quarter. Morgan Stanley raised its holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 19.8% in the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 28,810,025 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,868,326,000 after acquiring an additional 4,771,084 shares in the last quarter. Jane Street Group LLC raised its position in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 3,239.7% during the 1st quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 4,346,477 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $462,335,000 after acquiring an additional 4,216,332 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Assetmark Inc. increased its position in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 86.3% during the fourth quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 4,568,509 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $454,841,000 after purchasing an additional 2,115,658 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 60.69% of the company’s stock.

About iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF

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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.

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