iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SLQD) Increases Dividend to $0.18 Per Share

by · The Markets Daily

iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ:SLQD – Get Free Report) announced a monthly dividend on Thursday, December 18th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 19th will be given a dividend of 0.1838 per share on Wednesday, December 24th. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 4.4%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, December 19th. This is a 0.9% increase from iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF’s previous monthly dividend of $0.18.

iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF Stock Down 0.4%

SLQD stock traded down $0.20 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $50.62. 8,258 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 246,558. iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF has a 52-week low of $49.59 and a 52-week high of $50.94. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $50.76 and its 200 day moving average is $50.62.

iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF Company Profile

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The iShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (SLQD) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in investment grade fixed income. The fund tracks a market-value-weighted index of investment-grade, USD-denominated corporate bonds with 0-5 years remaining to maturity. SLQD was launched on Oct 15, 2013 and is managed by BlackRock.

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