iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SHY) Shares Purchased by National Bank of Canada FI

National Bank of Canada FI raised its stake in iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SHY) by 1.8% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 66,944 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,160 shares during the quarter. National Bank of Canada FI’s holdings in iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF were worth $5,566,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in SHY. Guidance Capital Inc. grew its position in shares of iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 11.8% in the second quarter. Guidance Capital Inc. now owns 3,401 shares of the company’s stock valued at $280,000 after purchasing an additional 359 shares during the period. Gradient Investments LLC grew its holdings in iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 1,316.2% in the 2nd quarter. Gradient Investments LLC now owns 963 shares of the company’s stock valued at $79,000 after buying an additional 895 shares during the period. Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. increased its stake in shares of iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 13.4% during the 2nd quarter. Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. now owns 54,992 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,490,000 after acquiring an additional 6,493 shares during the last quarter. School Employees Retirement Board of Ohio acquired a new position in shares of iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF during the 3rd quarter valued at about $10,123,000. Finally, Eagle Asset Management Inc. boosted its position in shares of iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 17.0% in the third quarter. Eagle Asset Management Inc. now owns 13,369 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,097,000 after acquiring an additional 1,938 shares during the last quarter. 23.15% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF Stock Performance

Shares of SHY stock opened at $82.13 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $22.18 billion, a price-to-earnings 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. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $82.26 and a 200 day moving average price of $82.24.

iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, December 5th. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 2nd were issued a dividend of $0.2653 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, December 2nd.

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.