iShares GNMA Bond ETF (NASDAQ:GNMA) Increases Dividend to $0.15 Per Share

iShares GNMA Bond ETF (NASDAQ:GNMA) announced a monthly dividend on Tuesday, December 17th,NASDAQ Dividends reports. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, December 18th will be given a dividend of 0.1487 per share on Monday, December 23rd. This represents a $1.78 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 4.16%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, December 18th. This is an increase from iShares GNMA Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.15.

iShares GNMA Bond ETF Stock Down 1.2 %

Shares of iShares GNMA Bond ETF stock opened at $42.83 on Thursday. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $43.65 and its 200-day simple moving average is $43.88. iShares GNMA Bond ETF has a 12 month low of $41.91 and a 12 month high of $45.69.

iShares GNMA Bond ETF Company Profile

The iShares GNMA Bond ETF (GNMA) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the Bloomberg U.S. GNMA Bond index. The fund tracks a market-value-weighted index of US mortgage pass-through securities issued by Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA), with 30- or 15-year maturities. GNMA was launched on Feb 14, 2012 and is managed by BlackRock.