iShares MBS ETF $MBB Shares Acquired by UBS Group AG

UBS Group AG lifted its stake in shares of iShares MBS ETF (NASDAQ:MBB) by 9.4% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 1,935,167 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 166,427 shares during the period. UBS Group AG’s holdings in iShares MBS ETF were worth $184,267,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in MBB. Bank of America Corp DE grew its holdings in iShares MBS ETF by 11.8% in the 3rd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 71,895,725 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,840,878,000 after buying an additional 7,566,099 shares in the last quarter. Barclays PLC grew its holdings in iShares MBS ETF by 77.1% in the 3rd quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 7,632,784 shares of the company’s stock worth $726,259,000 after buying an additional 3,322,737 shares in the last quarter. TIAA Trust National Association grew its holdings in iShares MBS ETF by 5.8% in the 3rd quarter. TIAA Trust National Association now owns 25,364,396 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,413,954,000 after buying an additional 1,399,487 shares in the last quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC grew its holdings in iShares MBS ETF by 5.7% in the 3rd quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 22,503,900 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,141,246,000 after buying an additional 1,206,273 shares in the last quarter. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its holdings in iShares MBS ETF by 2.3% in the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 51,677,674 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,917,131,000 after buying an additional 1,182,620 shares in the last quarter. 91.70% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

iShares MBS ETF Stock Down 0.5%

Shares of NASDAQ MBB opened at $94.61 on Thursday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $95.29 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $95.43. iShares MBS ETF has a 1 year low of $91.19 and a 1 year high of $96.96.

iShares MBS ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, April 7th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, April 1st were given a dividend of $0.3329 per share. This is a boost from iShares MBS ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.33. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, April 1st. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.2%.

About iShares MBS ETF

iShares MBS ETF (the Fund), formerly iShares Barclays MBS Bond Fund, is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks investment results, which correspond to the price and yield performance of the Barclays Capital U.S. MBS Index (the Index). The Index measures the performance of investment grade mortgage-backed pass-through securities issued by the Government National Mortgage (GNMA). The Index measures the performance of investment grade mortgage-backed pass-through securities issued by the Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA) and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC).