The iShares Government/Credit Bond ETF (the “Fund”) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of U.S. dollar-denominated government, government-related and investment-grade U.S. corporate bonds, as represented by the Barclays U.S. Government/Credit Bond Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. Due to the use of representative sampling, the Fund may or may not hold all of the securities that are included in the Index. As of Feb 28 2015, the Fund's total assets and investment portfolio totaled $328,473,685 and $325,793,953 respectively. We show 164 historical shares outstanding datapoints in our coverage of GBF's shares outstanding history.
Understanding the changing numbers of GBF shares outstanding — and
comprehending the concept of differing number of shares outstanding in general comparing companies like GBF versus peers —
is critical for investors. Many "beginner" or "novice" investors will look at one stock trading at a price of $10 per share and another trading at
a price of $20 per share and think the latter company is worth twice as much. Of course, that is a completely meaningless comparison without also knowing how many shares outstanding there are for each of the two companies.
Furthermore, via issuance of new shares over time, or the repurchase of existing shares, the number of shares outstanding can fluctuate over the course of history.
With this page we aim to empower investors researching GBF by allowing them to research GBF shares outstanding history
as well as any other stock in our coverage universe. |
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