Sigma Planning Corp Sells 5,274 Shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT)

Sigma Planning Corp decreased its holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT) by 7.1% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 68,915 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 5,274 shares during the quarter. Sigma Planning Corp’s holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF were worth $6,760,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. McAdam LLC grew its holdings in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 43.9% during the 2nd quarter. McAdam LLC now owns 19,302 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,772,000 after purchasing an additional 5,893 shares in the last quarter. Saxon Interests Inc. grew its stake in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 28.4% during the second quarter. Saxon Interests Inc. now owns 6,121 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $562,000 after buying an additional 1,355 shares in the last quarter. Riverwater Partners LLC bought a new position in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF in the 2nd quarter valued at about $223,000. Vontobel Holding Ltd. raised its position in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 99.7% in the 3rd quarter. Vontobel Holding Ltd. now owns 72,263 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $7,089,000 after buying an additional 36,070 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Hancock Whitney Corp bought a new stake in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF during the 1st quarter worth approximately $1,674,000. Institutional investors own 73.32% of the company’s stock.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Trading Up 1.3 %

NASDAQ TLT opened at $92.49 on Friday. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $95.92 and its 200 day simple moving average is $94.14. The firm has a market capitalization of $59.92 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -7.14 and a beta of 0.06. iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF has a 1 year low of $86.74 and a 1 year high of $101.64.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, November 6th. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 1st were issued a $0.3105 dividend. This represents a $3.73 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.03%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, November 1st. This is an increase from iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.29.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Company 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.