iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF $IUSB Shares Sold by Mason & Associates LLC

Mason & Associates LLC trimmed its stake in shares of iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:IUSB) by 9.6% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 2,435,816 shares of the company’s stock after selling 257,586 shares during the period. iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF accounts for 28.3% of Mason & Associates LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 2nd biggest position. Mason & Associates LLC owned about 0.34% of iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF worth $112,608,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the company. Flagship Harbor Advisors LLC lifted its stake in iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF by 22.3% in the 1st quarter. Flagship Harbor Advisors LLC now owns 14,835 shares of the company’s stock valued at $684,000 after buying an additional 2,706 shares in the last quarter. JFS Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF by 480.2% in the first quarter. JFS Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 2,866 shares of the company’s stock valued at $132,000 after acquiring an additional 2,372 shares in the last quarter. Continuum Advisory LLC lifted its position in shares of iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF by 4.8% in the first quarter. Continuum Advisory LLC now owns 68,807 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,171,000 after acquiring an additional 3,133 shares in the last quarter. Professional Financial Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF in the first quarter worth approximately $245,000. Finally, Sunesis Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF by 4.4% during the first quarter. Sunesis Advisors LLC now owns 65,038 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,997,000 after purchasing an additional 2,755 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF Stock Performance

Shares of IUSB stock opened at $47.07 on Tuesday. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $46.58 and its two-hundred day moving average is $46.01. The firm has a market capitalization of $33.53 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.80 and a beta of 0.15. iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF has a fifty-two week low of $44.67 and a fifty-two week high of $47.07.

iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Monday, October 6th. Investors of record on Wednesday, October 1st were given a dividend of $0.1668 per share. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, October 1st. This is a boost from iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.16. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.3%.

About iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF

The iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF (IUSB) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the Bloomberg U.S. Universal index. The fund tracks a broad Barclays index of USD-denominated taxable bonds. The index is market value weighted. IUSB was launched on Jun 10, 2014 and is managed by BlackRock.