Strategic Blueprint LLC Sells 7,847 Shares of iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:IEF)

Strategic Blueprint LLC lowered its holdings in iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:IEF) by 63.4% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 4,528 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 7,847 shares during the quarter. Strategic Blueprint LLC’s holdings in iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF were worth $419,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in IEF. Fisher Asset Management LLC increased its stake in iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 104.5% during the third quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 41,653,513 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $4,087,043,000 after acquiring an additional 21,282,662 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its holdings in shares of iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 37.5% during the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 27,763,482 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,724,153,000 after purchasing an additional 7,579,169 shares in the last quarter. Bank of Montreal Can increased its position in shares of iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 233.7% during the third quarter. Bank of Montreal Can now owns 7,700,921 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $757,694,000 after purchasing an additional 5,393,398 shares during the period. Captrust Financial Advisors raised its stake in shares of iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 23.2% in the third quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 8,563,295 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $840,232,000 after purchasing an additional 1,612,274 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC lifted its position in iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 607.9% in the third quarter. Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC now owns 1,146,717 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $112,353,000 after purchasing an additional 984,731 shares during the period. 81.48% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF Price Performance

IEF opened at $93.02 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $31.90 billion, a P/E ratio of -21.67 and a beta of 0.05. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $93.11 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $95.15. iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF has a fifty-two week low of $91.02 and a fifty-two week high of $99.18.

iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 23rd. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, December 18th were given a dividend of $0.3075 per share. This is a positive change from iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.29. This represents a $3.69 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.97%. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, December 18th.

iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF Company Profile

iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF (the Fund) is an is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of the United States Treasury bonds with remaining maturities between seven and ten years. The Fund seeks to track the investment results of the Barclays U.S.