iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF Target of Unusually High Options Trading (NASDAQ:IEF)

by · The Cerbat Gem

iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:IEF – Get Free Report) was the recipient of some unusual options trading on Thursday. Traders bought 108,205 call options on the stock. This is an increase of approximately 364% compared to the typical daily volume of 23,299 call options.

iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ IEF traded up $0.24 during midday trading on Thursday, hitting $96.76. 5,801,132 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 8,578,790. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $96.90 and its 200-day simple moving average is $95.94. The company has a market cap of $40.36 billion, a PE ratio of -22.00 and a beta of 0.26. iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF has a twelve month low of $91.08 and a twelve month high of $97.77.

iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, December 4th. Shareholders of record on Monday, December 1st were paid a $0.2884 dividend. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 3.6%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, December 1st.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Barings LLC increased its holdings in shares of iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 2.2% during the 2nd quarter. Barings LLC now owns 642,944 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $61,575,000 after purchasing an additional 13,550 shares during the period. Advyzon Investment Management LLC acquired a new stake in iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF during the second quarter worth about $498,000. WBH Advisory Inc. increased its stake in iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 73.9% during the second quarter. WBH Advisory Inc. now owns 18,480 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,770,000 after acquiring an additional 7,854 shares during the period. Joel Adams & Associates Inc. raised its holdings in iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 3.1% in the 2nd quarter. Joel Adams & Associates Inc. now owns 4,116 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $394,000 after acquiring an additional 123 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Aspect Partners LLC raised its holdings in iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 9,256.8% in the 2nd quarter. Aspect Partners LLC now owns 20,585 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,971,000 after acquiring an additional 20,365 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 81.48% of the company’s stock.

iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF Company Profile

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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.

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