iShares IBoxx $ Invest Grade Corp Bd Fd (NYSE:LQD) was the target of unusually large options trading activity on Monday. Stock investors bought 20,003 put options on the company. This is an increase of 1,129% compared to the typical volume of 1,628 put options.
Hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. Mutual of Omaha Bank Wealth Management boosted its position in iShares IBoxx $ Invest Grade Corp Bd Fd by 21.4% in the second quarter. Mutual of Omaha Bank Wealth Management now owns 4,485 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $540,000 after buying an additional 790 shares in the last quarter. Trellus Management Company LLC bought a new position in iShares IBoxx $ Invest Grade Corp Bd Fd during the second quarter worth $204,000. Personal Capital Advisors Corp boosted its position in iShares IBoxx $ Invest Grade Corp Bd Fd by 13.7% in the second quarter. Personal Capital Advisors Corp now owns 821,921 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $99,050,000 after buying an additional 98,764 shares in the last quarter. LifePlan Financial Group Inc boosted its position in iShares IBoxx $ Invest Grade Corp Bd Fd by 3.1% in the second quarter. LifePlan Financial Group Inc now owns 26,976 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $3,251,000 after buying an additional 807 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC boosted its position in iShares IBoxx $ Invest Grade Corp Bd Fd by 12.1% in the second quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 553,873 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $66,747,000 after buying an additional 59,805 shares in the last quarter.
Shares of iShares IBoxx $ Invest Grade Corp Bd Fd (LQD) traded up 0.28% during trading on Wednesday, hitting $120.61. 5,190,152 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged. The company has a 50-day moving average of $120.65 and a 200-day moving average of $119.08. iShares IBoxx $ Invest Grade Corp Bd Fd has a 12-month low of $115.55 and a 12-month high of $124.45.
The company also recently announced a monthly dividend, which was paid on Monday, August 7th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, August 3rd were issued a dividend of $0.3179 per share. This represents a $3.81 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 3.16%. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, August 1st.
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iShares IBoxx $ Invest Grade Corp Bd Fd Company Profile
iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (the Fund), formerly iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond Fund, is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks to track the investment results of the Markit iBoxx USD Liquid Investment Grade Index (the Index), which is a rules-based index consisting of liquid, the United States dollar-denominated, investment-grade corporate bonds for sale in the United States.
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