iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SHY) Shares Sold by Ameliora Wealth Management Ltd.

Ameliora Wealth Management Ltd. decreased its position in iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SHY) by 8.4% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 5,180 shares of the company’s stock after selling 477 shares during the quarter. Ameliora Wealth Management Ltd.’s holdings in iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF were worth $429,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other large investors have also bought and sold shares of SHY. Accredited Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF during the fourth quarter worth about $25,000. Godsey & Gibb Inc. acquired a new position in shares of iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF in the 1st quarter worth $26,000. Golden State Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF in the 4th quarter worth $30,000. Van ECK Associates Corp grew its holdings in shares of iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 92.1% in the 4th quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 390 shares of the company’s stock worth $32,000 after acquiring an additional 187 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Millstone Evans Group LLC acquired a new position in shares of iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF in the 4th quarter worth $32,000. Institutional investors own 23.15% of the company’s stock.

iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF Stock Up 0.1%

Shares of NASDAQ SHY opened at $82.27 on Tuesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $23.89 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 3,747.73 and a beta of 0.04. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $82.56 and its 200 day simple moving average is $82.31. iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF has a 52-week low of $81.26 and a 52-week high of $83.30.

iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 5th. Investors of record on Monday, June 2nd were issued a $0.2718 dividend. This represents a $3.26 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.96%. This is a boost from iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.26. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 2nd.

iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF Profile

The iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF (SHY) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the U.S. Treasury 1-3 Year index. The fund tracks a market weighted index of debt issued by the US Treasury with 1-3 years remaining to maturity. Treasury STRIPS are excluded. SHY was launched on Jul 22, 2002 and is managed by BlackRock.