iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:LQD) Shares Acquired by Loomis Sayles & Co. L P

Loomis Sayles & Co. L P lifted its stake in shares of iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:LQD) by 167.9% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 133,792 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 83,843 shares during the period. Loomis Sayles & Co. L P’s holdings in iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF were worth $14,294,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Kohmann Bosshard Financial Services LLC purchased a new position in iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF in the 4th quarter valued at $61,000. PSI Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF by 281.1% in the fourth quarter. PSI Advisors LLC now owns 705 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $75,000 after buying an additional 520 shares in the last quarter. Quent Capital LLC boosted its position in iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF by 59.6% during the fourth quarter. Quent Capital LLC now owns 742 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $79,000 after acquiring an additional 277 shares during the last quarter. Murphy & Mullick Capital Management Corp purchased a new stake in iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF during the 4th quarter valued at about $114,000. Finally, Adirondack Trust Co. raised its holdings in iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF by 59.4% in the 4th quarter. Adirondack Trust Co. now owns 1,138 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $122,000 after acquiring an additional 424 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 89.30% of the company’s stock.

iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF Price Performance

LQD opened at $108.48 on Friday. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $108.07 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $109.04. The firm has a market capitalization of $30.41 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.64 and a beta of 0.45. iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF has a 1-year low of $104.14 and a 1-year high of $114.07.

iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF Profile

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