iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SHY) Declares $0.28 Monthly Dividend

iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SHY) announced a monthly dividend on Tuesday, December 17th,NASDAQ Dividends reports. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, December 18th will be paid a dividend of 0.2804 per share on Monday, December 23rd. This represents a $3.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.12%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, December 18th.

iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF Stock Down 0.5 %

Shares of NASDAQ:SHY traded down $0.43 during midday trading on Wednesday, hitting $81.68. 6,865,465 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 4,002,393. The business’s 50 day moving average is $82.22 and its two-hundred day moving average is $82.27. The stock has a market capitalization of $22.06 billion, a PE ratio of 3,695.45 and a beta of 0.01. iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF has a one year low of $80.91 and a one year high of $83.30.

About iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF

The iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF (SHY) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the U.S. Treasury 1-3 Year index. The fund tracks a market weighted index of debt issued by the US Treasury with 1-3 years remaining to maturity. Treasury STRIPS are excluded. SHY was launched on Jul 22, 2002 and is managed by BlackRock.