Investors Purchase High Volume of iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF Call Options (NASDAQ:IEF)

iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:IEF) saw some unusual options trading activity on Wednesday. Stock investors purchased 42,840 call options on the company. This is an increase of approximately 198% compared to the typical volume of 14,376 call options.

iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF Stock Up 0.3 %

Shares of NASDAQ:IEF traded up $0.28 during trading on Wednesday, reaching $94.95. 3,807,210 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 6,889,174. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $93.38 and a 200 day simple moving average of $94.58. The firm has a market cap of $33.93 billion, a P/E ratio of -22.19 and a beta of 0.17. iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF has a 1-year low of $91.02 and a 1-year high of $99.18.

iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The business also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 6th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 3rd were paid a dividend of $0.2754 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 3rd.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Vontobel Holding Ltd. lifted its stake in shares of iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 13.2% in the 4th quarter. Vontobel Holding Ltd. now owns 2,579 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $238,000 after purchasing an additional 301 shares during the last quarter. Greatmark Investment Partners Inc. lifted its stake in shares of iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 1.9% in the 4th quarter. Greatmark Investment Partners Inc. now owns 34,101 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $3,153,000 after purchasing an additional 625 shares during the last quarter. Beam Wealth Advisors Inc. lifted its stake in shares of iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 3.7% in the 4th quarter. Beam Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 36,617 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $3,385,000 after purchasing an additional 1,303 shares during the last quarter. National Bank of Canada FI lifted its stake in shares of iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 458.8% in the 3rd quarter. National Bank of Canada FI now owns 369,823 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $36,308,000 after purchasing an additional 303,636 shares during the last quarter. Finally, First Horizon Advisors Inc. lifted its stake in shares of iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 3,410.5% in the 4th quarter. First Horizon Advisors Inc. now owns 667 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $62,000 after purchasing an additional 648 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 81.48% of the company’s stock.

iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF Company Profile

iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF (the Fund) is an is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of the United States Treasury bonds with remaining maturities between seven and ten years. The Fund seeks to track the investment results of the Barclays U.S.