6,214 Shares of iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF $SHY Purchased by Simplex Trading LLC

Simplex Trading LLC purchased a new position in shares of iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SHY) in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor purchased 6,214 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $505,000.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. RPOA Advisors Inc. purchased a new stake in iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $301,889,000. Bank of America Corp DE raised its stake in shares of iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 28.3% during the 1st quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 15,649,532 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,292,182,000 after buying an additional 3,451,890 shares in the last quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company raised its stake in shares of iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 225.0% during the 2nd quarter. The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company now owns 3,545,364 shares of the company’s stock worth $291,110,000 after buying an additional 2,454,485 shares in the last quarter. AIA Group Ltd purchased a new position in shares of iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $123,450,000. Finally, Edge Wealth Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 286.0% in the 3rd quarter. Edge Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,518,562 shares of the company’s stock valued at $123,284,000 after buying an additional 1,125,105 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 23.15% of the company’s stock.

iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF Price Performance

iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF stock opened at $81.59 on Tuesday. iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF has a 1-year low of $80.95 and a 1-year high of $83.20. The company has a market cap of $27.54 billion, a PE ratio of 3,747.73 and a beta of 0.05. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $81.37 and its 200 day moving average price is $82.08.

iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, November 5th. Shareholders of record on Monday, November 2nd were issued a $0.2544 dividend. This represents a $3.05 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.7%. This is an increase from iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.2410. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, November 2nd.

iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF Profile

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.