iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF $ISTB Shares Bought by Washington Trust Bank

Washington Trust Bank raised its stake in iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF (NASDAQ:ISTB) by 96.4% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 57,752 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 28,348 shares during the quarter. Washington Trust Bank’s holdings in iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF were worth $2,815,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in ISTB. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. raised its holdings in shares of iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF by 100.9% in the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 165,118 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,983,000 after acquiring an additional 82,911 shares during the last quarter. Jane Street Group LLC acquired a new position in iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF in the first quarter valued at $1,681,000. NewEdge Advisors LLC increased its stake in iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF by 13.4% in the second quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 57,776 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,811,000 after purchasing an additional 6,809 shares during the last quarter. Betterment LLC increased its stake in iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF by 6.8% in the second quarter. Betterment LLC now owns 39,922 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,942,000 after purchasing an additional 2,550 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Ameriprise Financial Inc. increased its stake in iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF by 60.0% in the second quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 513,291 shares of the company’s stock valued at $24,979,000 after purchasing an additional 192,418 shares during the last quarter.

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

iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF stock opened at $48.30 on Tuesday. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.73 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.99 and a beta of 0.11. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $48.48 and a 200 day moving average price of $48.69. iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF has a 52 week low of $48.06 and a 52 week high of $49.05.

iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently declared a monthly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, May 6th. Shareholders of record on Friday, May 1st were paid a dividend of $0.1722 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, May 1st. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 4.3%.

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.