Sanctuary Advisors LLC Acquires 13,350 Shares of iShares GNMA Bond ETF $GNMA

Sanctuary Advisors LLC raised its holdings in iShares GNMA Bond ETF (NASDAQ:GNMA) by 11.0% in the first quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 134,515 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 13,350 shares during the quarter. Sanctuary Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares GNMA Bond ETF were worth $5,963,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in GNMA. Focus Financial Network Inc. increased its stake in shares of iShares GNMA Bond ETF by 0.7% during the 4th quarter. Focus Financial Network Inc. now owns 41,609 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,853,000 after purchasing an additional 309 shares during the last quarter. Park Avenue Securities LLC lifted its stake in shares of iShares GNMA Bond ETF by 1.1% in the 4th quarter. Park Avenue Securities LLC now owns 35,060 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,562,000 after purchasing an additional 373 shares during the last quarter. Mariner LLC lifted its stake in shares of iShares GNMA Bond ETF by 4.6% in the 3rd quarter. Mariner LLC now owns 10,183 shares of the company’s stock valued at $452,000 after purchasing an additional 447 shares during the last quarter. Betterment LLC boosted its holdings in iShares GNMA Bond ETF by 5.5% in the fourth quarter. Betterment LLC now owns 9,039 shares of the company’s stock worth $403,000 after purchasing an additional 470 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Global Retirement Partners LLC boosted its holdings in iShares GNMA Bond ETF by 7.9% in the fourth quarter. Global Retirement Partners LLC now owns 6,471 shares of the company’s stock worth $288,000 after purchasing an additional 474 shares in the last quarter.

iShares GNMA Bond ETF Price Performance

iShares GNMA Bond ETF stock opened at $43.88 on Friday. iShares GNMA Bond ETF has a one year low of $43.18 and a one year high of $45.49. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $44.05 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $44.41.

iShares GNMA Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Tuesday, July 7th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, July 1st were paid a dividend of $0.1576 per share. This is a boost from iShares GNMA Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.15. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, July 1st. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.3%.

About iShares GNMA Bond ETF

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.