BlackRock Short Duration Bond ETF (BATS:NEAR) Reaches New 1-Year High at $50.54

BlackRock Short Duration Bond ETF (BATS:NEAR)’s stock price reached a new 52-week high during trading on Monday . The stock traded as high as $50.54 and last traded at $50.53, with a volume of 259310 shares. The stock had previously closed at $50.52.

BlackRock Short Duration Bond ETF Trading Up 0.0 %

The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $50.27 and a 200 day simple moving average of $50.31.

BlackRock Short Duration Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Friday, July 5th. Shareholders of record on Monday, July 1st were issued a $0.2132 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, July 1st. This is a positive change from BlackRock Short Duration Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.20.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On BlackRock Short Duration Bond ETF

Large investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Cassady Schiller Wealth Management LLC boosted its position in BlackRock Short Duration Bond ETF by 51.2% during the fourth quarter. Cassady Schiller Wealth Management LLC now owns 127,350 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,434,000 after acquiring an additional 43,102 shares during the last quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC purchased a new position in BlackRock Short Duration Bond ETF in the 1st quarter worth approximately $966,000. Staley Capital Advisers Inc. lifted its stake in BlackRock Short Duration Bond ETF by 17.2% in the 4th quarter. Staley Capital Advisers Inc. now owns 111,150 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,615,000 after purchasing an additional 16,300 shares in the last quarter. Rollins Financial boosted its holdings in shares of BlackRock Short Duration Bond ETF by 15.5% during the 4th quarter. Rollins Financial now owns 87,556 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,423,000 after purchasing an additional 11,736 shares during the last quarter. Finally, InterOcean Capital Group LLC grew its position in shares of BlackRock Short Duration Bond ETF by 4.3% in the first quarter. InterOcean Capital Group LLC now owns 254,965 shares of the company’s stock valued at $12,866,000 after purchasing an additional 10,578 shares in the last quarter.

About BlackRock Short Duration Bond ETF

The iShares Short Maturity Bond ETF (NEAR) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in investment grade fixed income. The fund aims to maximize income and preserve capital using very short maturity, USD-denominated global fixed income securities in an actively-managed fund. NEAR was launched on Sep 25, 2013 and is managed by BlackRock.