First Citizens Bank & Trust Co. Has $238,000 Stake in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT)

First Citizens Bank & Trust Co. lifted its holdings in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT) by 32.4% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 2,722 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 666 shares during the quarter. First Citizens Bank & Trust Co.’s holdings in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF were worth $238,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Assetmark Inc. increased its stake 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 purchasing an additional 4,322,688 shares during the period. Harvest Portfolios Group Inc. increased its position in iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 33.0% during the 3rd quarter. Harvest Portfolios Group Inc. now owns 2,753,709 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $270,139,000 after buying an additional 683,915 shares during the period. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. lifted its holdings in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 51.9% during the third quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. now owns 2,075,806 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $204,612,000 after buying an additional 709,409 shares in the last quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. boosted its position in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 14.0% in the third quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 1,782,601 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $174,873,000 after acquiring an additional 219,372 shares during the period. Finally, Commonwealth Equity Services LLC boosted its position in shares of iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF by 25.4% in the third quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC now owns 1,748,635 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $171,541,000 after acquiring an additional 354,610 shares during the period. 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 $88.18 on Wednesday. iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF has a 52 week low of $84.89 and a 52 week high of $101.64. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $89.26 and its 200 day simple moving average is $93.29. The firm has a market cap of $52.12 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -7.14 and a beta of 0.06.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 23rd. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, December 18th were given a $0.351 dividend. This represents a $4.21 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.78%. This is an increase from iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.31. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, December 18th.

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.