13,361 Shares in iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF $ISTB Bought by Evensky & Katz LLC

Evensky & Katz LLC purchased a new position in shares of iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF (NASDAQ:ISTB) during the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund purchased 13,361 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $631,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Apella Capital LLC boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF by 35.4% in the 3rd quarter. Apella Capital LLC now owns 1,469,742 shares of the company’s stock valued at $69,372,000 after buying an additional 384,056 shares during the last quarter. Cahaba Wealth Management Inc. grew its stake in shares of iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF by 6.7% in the third quarter. Cahaba Wealth Management Inc. now owns 1,294,988 shares of the company’s stock valued at $61,188,000 after buying an additional 81,249 shares in the last quarter. Townsend & Associates Inc increased its holdings in iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF by 1.8% during the third quarter. Townsend & Associates Inc now owns 1,263,483 shares of the company’s stock worth $59,826,000 after buying an additional 22,852 shares during the last quarter. Financial Solutions Advisory Group Inc. acquired a new position in iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF during the first quarter worth $57,365,000. Finally, Prosperity Planning Inc. increased its holdings in iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF by 6.0% during the third quarter. Prosperity Planning Inc. now owns 1,164,033 shares of the company’s stock worth $55,001,000 after buying an additional 65,781 shares during the last quarter.

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

NASDAQ ISTB opened at $47.44 on Wednesday. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $47.53 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $48.18. iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF has a 1 year low of $47.01 and a 1 year high of $49.05. The firm has a market capitalization of $5.34 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.99 and a beta of 0.11.

iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 4th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 1st were paid a dividend of $0.1772 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, September 1st. This represents a $2.13 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.5%. This is a boost from iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.1743.

iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF 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.