Atlas Private Wealth Advisors Raises Position in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT)

Atlas Private Wealth Advisors lifted its holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT) by 149.1% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 37,497 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 22,446 shares during the quarter. Atlas Private Wealth Advisors’ holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF were worth $3,275,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Fund Evaluation Group LLC acquired a new position in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF during the second quarter valued at about $232,000. Toronto Dominion Bank increased its stake in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 1.6% during the 2nd quarter. Toronto Dominion Bank now owns 73,670 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $6,761,000 after purchasing an additional 1,180 shares in the last quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp raised its holdings in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 5.4% in the second quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp now owns 3,059,000 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $280,755,000 after buying an additional 155,900 shares during the last quarter. Main Management Fund Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF in the second quarter worth $46,248,000. Finally, Arkos Global Advisors acquired a new stake in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF during the second quarter worth $496,000. 73.32% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Price Performance

NASDAQ TLT opened at $87.22 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $51.29 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -7.14 and a beta of 0.06. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $89.35 and its 200 day moving average price is $93.35. iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF has a 1 year low of $84.89 and a 1 year high of $101.64.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 23rd. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, December 18th were issued a $0.351 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, December 18th. This is a positive change from iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.31. This represents a $4.21 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.83%.

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.