iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:IEF) Shares Sold by WestEnd Advisors LLC

WestEnd Advisors LLC lessened its holdings in iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:IEF) by 33.4% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 756,395 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 379,071 shares during the quarter. iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF comprises approximately 1.8% of WestEnd Advisors LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 13th largest holding. WestEnd Advisors LLC owned 0.22% of iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF worth $69,929,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of IEF. Fisher Asset Management LLC grew its stake in shares of iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 104.5% during the 3rd quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 41,653,513 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $4,087,043,000 after purchasing an additional 21,282,662 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its position in iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 37.5% during the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 27,763,482 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,724,153,000 after buying an additional 7,579,169 shares during the period. Bank of Montreal Can increased its holdings in iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 233.7% in the third quarter. Bank of Montreal Can now owns 7,700,921 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $757,694,000 after buying an additional 5,393,398 shares in the last quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors raised its position in shares of iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 23.2% in the third quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 8,563,295 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $840,232,000 after acquiring an additional 1,612,274 shares during the period. Finally, Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC boosted its stake in shares of iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 607.9% during the 3rd quarter. Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC now owns 1,146,717 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $112,353,000 after acquiring an additional 984,731 shares in the last quarter. 81.48% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF Trading Down 0.3 %

NASDAQ IEF opened at $93.14 on Friday. iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF has a twelve month low of $91.02 and a twelve month high of $99.18. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $92.96 and a 200 day moving average of $95.09. The stock has a market capitalization of $32.09 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -21.67 and a beta of 0.05.

iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, February 6th. Investors of record on Monday, February 3rd were issued a $0.2964 dividend. This is a boost from iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.29. The ex-dividend date was Monday, February 3rd.

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.