Private Trust Co. NA Grows Stock Holdings in iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:HYG)

Private Trust Co. NA raised its stake in shares of iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:HYG) by 16.4% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 5,503 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 775 shares during the period. Private Trust Co. NA’s holdings in iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF were worth $442,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Loomis Sayles & Co. L P lifted its stake in shares of iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF by 2,933.8% in the 3rd quarter. Loomis Sayles & Co. L P now owns 3,903,830 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $313,478,000 after acquiring an additional 3,775,150 shares during the period. Icon Wealth Advisors LLC raised its holdings in iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF by 419.5% during the third quarter. Icon Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 10,899 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $875,000 after purchasing an additional 8,801 shares in the last quarter. Eagle Asset Management Inc. acquired a new stake in iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF in the third quarter valued at about $10,139,000. Prime Capital Investment Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF by 15.3% in the 3rd quarter. Prime Capital Investment Advisors LLC now owns 215,643 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $17,316,000 after purchasing an additional 28,591 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. increased its position in iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF by 12.1% during the 3rd quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group Inc. now owns 129,516 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $10,400,000 after purchasing an additional 13,970 shares during the period.

iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF Price Performance

HYG opened at $79.88 on Thursday. iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF has a 12 month low of $75.05 and a 12 month high of $80.37. The stock has a market capitalization of $15.24 billion, a P/E ratio of 9.60 and a beta of 0.36. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $79.59 and a 200-day simple moving average of $78.52.

iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF Profile

iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (the Fund), formerly iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond Fund, is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks to track the investment results of the Markit iBoxx USD Liquid High Yield Index (the Index), which is a rules-based index consisting of liquid the United States dollar-denominated, high yield corporate bonds for sale in the United States, as determined by the index provider.