iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT – Get Free Report) was the recipient of unusually large options trading activity on Tuesday. Investors purchased 777,303 call options on the company. This represents an increase of approximately 32% compared to the average volume of 590,176 call options.
Institutional Trading of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF
Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of TLT. Capula Management Ltd bought a new position in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $455,550,000. Assetmark Inc. increased its holdings in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 3,121.7% during the third quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 4,461,161 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $437,640,000 after buying an additional 4,322,688 shares in the last quarter. State of Tennessee Department of Treasury bought a new position in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF in the 4th quarter valued at $194,796,000. Wealthfront Advisers LLC boosted its holdings in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 1,901.0% during the 4th quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC now owns 1,588,699 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $138,741,000 after acquiring an additional 1,509,302 shares in the last quarter. Finally, FMR LLC grew its position in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 24.3% during the 4th quarter. FMR LLC now owns 7,274,989 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $635,325,000 after acquiring an additional 1,421,699 shares during the last quarter. 73.32% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Stock Performance
NASDAQ:TLT opened at $91.96 on Thursday. The company has a market cap of $55.89 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -7.14 and a beta of 0.06. iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF has a fifty-two week low of $84.89 and a fifty-two week high of $101.64. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $87.92 and a 200-day moving average price of $92.50.
iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Cuts Dividend
The firm also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, February 6th. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 3rd were paid a $0.3123 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, February 3rd.
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.
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