Pettinga Financial Advisors LLC Purchases 12,237 Shares of iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:IUSB)

Pettinga Financial Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF (NASDAQ:IUSB) by 46.3% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 38,673 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 12,237 shares during the quarter. Pettinga Financial Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF were worth $1,763,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Jones Financial Companies Lllp raised its holdings in iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF by 92.8% in the 4th quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 47,864,940 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,205,138,000 after buying an additional 23,039,032 shares during the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its holdings in iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF by 20,036.6% in the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 12,643,991 shares of the company’s stock valued at $552,746,000 after buying an additional 12,581,200 shares during the last quarter. Park Avenue Securities LLC raised its holdings in iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF by 38.7% in the 1st quarter. Park Avenue Securities LLC now owns 10,871,783 shares of the company’s stock valued at $495,645,000 after buying an additional 3,035,201 shares during the last quarter. Financial Gravity Asset Management Inc. raised its holdings in iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF by 989.9% in the 3rd quarter. Financial Gravity Asset Management Inc. now owns 2,096,776 shares of the company’s stock valued at $91,671,000 after buying an additional 1,904,397 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Natixis Advisors L.P. increased its position in iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF by 4,109.8% during the 4th quarter. Natixis Advisors L.P. now owns 1,624,298 shares of the company’s stock valued at $74,831,000 after purchasing an additional 1,585,714 shares during the period.

iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF Price Performance

NASDAQ:IUSB opened at $45.22 on Monday. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $45.03 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $45.31. iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF has a fifty-two week low of $42.56 and a fifty-two week high of $46.35.

iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 7th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 3rd were given a dividend of $0.1495 per share. This represents a $1.79 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.97%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 3rd.

iShares Core Total USD Bond Market ETF Profile

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.