iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:IEF – Get Free Report) saw some unusual options trading activity on Tuesday. Investors purchased 30,544 put options on the company. This represents an increase of approximately 91% compared to the average daily volume of 15,980 put options.
iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF Stock Performance
NASDAQ:IEF opened at $94.91 on Thursday. The company has a 50-day moving average of $92.65 and a 200-day moving average of $94.85. iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF has a 52 week low of $91.02 and a 52 week high of $99.18. The company has a market capitalization of $32.70 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -21.67 and a beta of 0.05.
iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend
The firm also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, February 6th. Shareholders of record on Monday, February 3rd were paid a dividend of $0.2964 per share. This is a boost from iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.29. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, February 3rd.
Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF
A number of institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in IEF. Fisher Asset Management LLC lifted its position in shares of iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 18.2% during the 4th quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 49,220,000 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $4,550,389,000 after buying an additional 7,566,487 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its stake in iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 37.5% during the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 27,763,482 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,724,153,000 after acquiring an additional 7,579,169 shares in the last quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 333,731.3% during the fourth quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC now owns 15,626,644 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,444,683,000 after acquiring an additional 15,621,963 shares during the period. Captrust Financial Advisors boosted its stake in shares of iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 23.2% in the 3rd quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 8,563,295 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $840,232,000 after purchasing an additional 1,612,274 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Raymond James Financial Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF in the 4th quarter valued at $725,489,000. 81.48% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
About iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF
iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF (the Fund) is an is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of the United States Treasury bonds with remaining maturities between seven and ten years. The Fund seeks to track the investment results of the Barclays U.S.
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