iShares MBS ETF $MBB Shares Purchased by Money Design Co. Ltd.

Money Design Co. Ltd. grew its stake in iShares MBS ETF (NASDAQ:MBB) by 4.7% in the second quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 1,390,916 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 62,046 shares during the period. iShares MBS ETF makes up approximately 6.1% of Money Design Co. Ltd.’s holdings, making the stock its 5th biggest position. Money Design Co. Ltd. owned about 0.33% of iShares MBS ETF worth $130,593,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Strategic Blueprint LLC lifted its position in shares of iShares MBS ETF by 3.2% in the second quarter. Strategic Blueprint LLC now owns 21,730 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,040,000 after buying an additional 664 shares during the last quarter. Freedom Investment Management Inc. lifted its position in shares of iShares MBS ETF by 15.0% in the second quarter. Freedom Investment Management Inc. now owns 10,506 shares of the company’s stock worth $986,000 after buying an additional 1,367 shares during the last quarter. Exencial Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of iShares MBS ETF by 144.1% in the second quarter. Exencial Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 5,956 shares of the company’s stock worth $559,000 after buying an additional 3,516 shares during the last quarter. Citizens & Northern Corp lifted its position in shares of iShares MBS ETF by 3.3% in the second quarter. Citizens & Northern Corp now owns 34,380 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,228,000 after buying an additional 1,090 shares during the last quarter. Finally, D.A. Davidson & CO. lifted its position in shares of iShares MBS ETF by 2.2% in the second quarter. D.A. Davidson & CO. now owns 20,182 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,895,000 after buying an additional 431 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 91.70% of the company’s stock.

iShares MBS ETF Stock Down 0.2%

Shares of NASDAQ:MBB opened at $95.85 on Friday. iShares MBS ETF has a fifty-two week low of $90.28 and a fifty-two week high of $96.20. The business has a 50-day moving average of $94.93 and a two-hundred day moving average of $93.53.

iShares MBS ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Monday, October 6th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, October 1st were issued a $0.3363 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, October 1st. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 4.2%.

iShares MBS ETF Company Profile

iShares MBS ETF (the Fund), formerly iShares Barclays MBS Bond Fund, is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks investment results, which correspond to the price and yield performance of the Barclays Capital U.S. MBS Index (the Index). The Index measures the performance of investment grade mortgage-backed pass-through securities issued by the Government National Mortgage (GNMA).