Stock Traders Purchase Large Volume of Put Options on iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF (NASDAQ:EMB)

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF (NASDAQ:EMB) was the target of unusually large options trading on Tuesday. Stock investors purchased 3,000 put options on the company. This represents an increase of approximately 88% compared to the typical volume of 1,598 put options.

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF Price Performance

EMB opened at $91.59 on Thursday. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $91.05 and a 200 day moving average price of $90.35. iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF has a 1 year low of $84.78 and a 1 year high of $93.97.

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a monthly dividend, which was paid on Monday, July 7th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, July 1st were paid a dividend of $0.3799 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, July 1st. This represents a $4.56 annualized dividend and a yield of 4.98%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Golden State Wealth Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 140.7% in the first quarter. Golden State Wealth Management LLC now owns 325 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $29,000 after acquiring an additional 190 shares in the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC increased its holdings in iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 37.6% during the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 46,088 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $4,175,000 after purchasing an additional 12,583 shares during the last quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC raised its position in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 6.1% in the 1st quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 10,198 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $924,000 after purchasing an additional 588 shares in the last quarter. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. boosted its stake in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 140.8% during the 1st quarter. Harbor Capital Advisors Inc. now owns 973 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $88,000 after buying an additional 569 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Parallel Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF by 5.6% during the fourth quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 43,431 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $3,867,000 after buying an additional 2,296 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 91.08% of the company’s stock.

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF Company Profile

iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF, formerly iShares JPMorgan USD Emerging Markets Bond Fund (the Fund), is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the JPMorgan EMBI Global Core Index (the Index). The Index is a diverse United States dollar-denominated emerging markets debt benchmark, which tracks the total return of actively traded external debt instruments in emerging market countries.