Affinity Capital Advisors LLC Grows Stock Holdings in iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF (NASDAQ:ISTB)

Affinity Capital Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF (NASDAQ:ISTB) by 26.6% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 7,537 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,583 shares during the period. Affinity Capital Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF were worth $360,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. FMR LLC increased its holdings in shares of iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF by 556.1% in the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 2,841 shares of the company’s stock worth $138,000 after buying an additional 2,408 shares during the period. Stifel Financial Corp increased its holdings in shares of iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF by 23.0% in the third quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 29,089 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,416,000 after buying an additional 5,435 shares during the period. NewEdge Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF by 26.7% in the second quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 28,857 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,367,000 after buying an additional 6,090 shares during the period. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans increased its holdings in shares of iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF by 8.3% in the second quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans now owns 218,033 shares of the company’s stock worth $10,328,000 after buying an additional 16,622 shares during the period. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its holdings in shares of iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF by 1.1% in the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 700,762 shares of the company’s stock worth $34,113,000 after buying an additional 7,741 shares during the period.

iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF Trading Up 0.1 %

ISTB opened at $47.63 on Wednesday. The company has a market cap of $4.22 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.72 and a beta of 0.07. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $47.84 and its 200-day moving average price is $48.03. iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF has a 12 month low of $46.65 and a 12 month high of $48.75.

iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 23rd. Investors of record on Wednesday, December 18th were paid a $0.1587 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, December 18th. This represents a $1.90 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.00%.

iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF Company Profile

The iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF (ISTB) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in broad credit fixed income. The fund tracks a broad USD-denominated bond index with 1-5 years remaining in maturities. ISTB was launched on Oct 18, 2012 and is managed by BlackRock.