Versant Capital Management Inc Has $892,000 Position in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF (NASDAQ:EMB)

Versant Capital Management Inc lowered its position in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF (NASDAQ:EMB) by 68.3% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm owned 9,852 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 21,255 shares during the quarter. Versant Capital Management Inc’s holdings in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF were worth $892,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Caitlin John LLC boosted its holdings in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 6.7% in the fourth quarter. Caitlin John LLC now owns 1,830 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $163,000 after buying an additional 115 shares during the period. Bay Harbor Wealth Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 1.0% in the fourth quarter. Bay Harbor Wealth Management LLC now owns 14,376 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,284,000 after buying an additional 146 shares during the period. Cullen Frost Bankers Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 89.5% in the fourth quarter. Cullen Frost Bankers Inc. now owns 415 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $37,000 after buying an additional 196 shares during the period. Wintrust Investments LLC boosted its holdings in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 92.1% in the fourth quarter. Wintrust Investments LLC now owns 534 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $47,000 after buying an additional 256 shares during the period. Finally, Kickstand Ventures LLC. boosted its holdings in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 7.7% in the fourth quarter. Kickstand Ventures LLC. now owns 3,679 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $328,000 after buying an additional 263 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 91.08% of the company’s stock.

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF Price Performance

Shares of EMB stock opened at $90.60 on Friday. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $89.48 and its 200-day simple moving average is $90.23. iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF has a 12 month low of $84.78 and a 12 month high of $93.97.

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, May 6th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, May 1st were given a $0.4023 dividend. This represents a $4.83 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.33%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, May 1st. This is a positive change from iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.40.

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF Profile

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF, formerly iShares JPMorgan USD Emerging Markets Bond Fund (the Fund), is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the JPMorgan EMBI Global Core Index (the Index). The Index is a diverse United States dollar-denominated emerging markets debt benchmark, which tracks the total return of actively traded external debt instruments in emerging market countries.