iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF Sees Unusually Large Options Volume (NASDAQ:IEF)

iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:IEF) was the recipient of unusually large options trading activity on Tuesday. Stock investors purchased 30,544 put options on the stock. This represents an increase of approximately 91% compared to the average volume of 15,980 put options.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of IEF. Vontobel Holding Ltd. raised its position in shares of iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 13.2% in the 4th quarter. Vontobel Holding Ltd. now owns 2,579 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $238,000 after purchasing an additional 301 shares during the last quarter. Axxcess Wealth Management LLC raised its holdings in iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 62.6% in the third quarter. Axxcess Wealth Management LLC now owns 19,498 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,913,000 after buying an additional 7,508 shares during the last quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp bought a new position in shares of iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF in the third quarter worth approximately $35,000. National Bank of Canada FI lifted its stake in shares of iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 458.8% in the third quarter. National Bank of Canada FI now owns 369,823 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $36,308,000 after buying an additional 303,636 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Carr Financial Group Corp grew its holdings in shares of iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF by 39.6% during the third quarter. Carr Financial Group Corp now owns 37,052 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $3,636,000 after buying an additional 10,502 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 81.48% of the company’s stock.

iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF Stock Up 0.8 %

Shares of iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF stock opened at $94.65 on Wednesday. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $92.65 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $94.85. The firm has a market cap of $32.61 billion, a PE ratio of -21.67 and a beta of 0.05. iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF has a 12-month low of $91.02 and a 12-month high of $99.18.

iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, February 6th. Investors of record on Monday, February 3rd were paid a $0.2964 dividend. This is an increase from iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.29. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, February 3rd.

About iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF

iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF (the Fund) is an is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of the United States Treasury bonds with remaining maturities between seven and ten years. The Fund seeks to track the investment results of the Barclays U.S.