iShares GNMA Bond ETF (GNMA) to Issue Monthly Dividend of $0.16 on December 24th

iShares GNMA Bond ETF (NASDAQ:GNMA) announced a monthly dividend on Thursday, December 18th. Stockholders of record on Friday, December 19th will be paid a dividend of 0.1582 per share on Wednesday, December 24th. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.3%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, December 19th. This is a 1.9% increase from iShares GNMA Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.16.

iShares GNMA Bond ETF Stock Performance

Shares of GNMA opened at $44.48 on Friday. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $44.59 and its 200 day simple moving average is $44.12. iShares GNMA Bond ETF has a 1-year low of $42.00 and a 1-year high of $45.34.

iShares GNMA Bond ETF Company Profile

The iShares GNMA Bond ETF (GNMA) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the Bloomberg U.S. GNMA Bond index. The fund tracks a market-value-weighted index of US mortgage pass-through securities issued by Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), with 30- or 15-year maturities. GNMA was launched on Feb 14, 2012 and is managed by BlackRock.