iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT) Stock Position Trimmed by TAP Consulting LLC

TAP Consulting LLC cut its holdings in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT) by 6.2% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 158,293 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 10,501 shares during the quarter. iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF makes up 3.7% of TAP Consulting LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 3rd largest holding. TAP Consulting LLC’s holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF were worth $15,652,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in TLT. Morgan Stanley lifted its position in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 19.7% during the 3rd quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 39,464,377 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $3,500,096,000 after buying an additional 6,505,853 shares during the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. lifted its stake in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 135.3% during the 3rd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 16,120,505 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,429,728,000 after buying an additional 9,270,435 shares in the last quarter. Rafferty Asset Management LLC boosted its holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 17.7% in the 3rd quarter. Rafferty Asset Management LLC now owns 15,620,856 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,385,414,000 after buying an additional 2,352,314 shares during the period. LPL Financial LLC raised its holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 102.7% during the 3rd quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 4,614,078 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $409,223,000 after acquiring an additional 2,337,389 shares during the period. Finally, Ameriprise Financial Inc. lifted its position in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 4.6% during the third quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 4,191,099 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $372,384,000 after acquiring an additional 184,475 shares in the last quarter. 73.32% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Stock Down 0.7 %

Shares of NASDAQ:TLT traded down $0.62 during midday trading on Thursday, reaching $87.78. 49,257,936 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 43,585,301. iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF has a 12 month low of $82.42 and a 12 month high of $107.24. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $92.59 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $92.52. The firm has a market capitalization of $45.34 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -7.07 and a beta of 0.06.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Friday, April 5th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, April 2nd were issued a $0.3124 dividend. This represents a $3.75 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.27%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, April 1st.

About iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF

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.