Empower Advisory Group LLC Has $219,000 Stock Position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT)

Empower Advisory Group LLC lowered its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) by 5.4% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 9,538 shares of the company’s stock after selling 542 shares during the quarter. Empower Advisory Group LLC’s holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF were worth $219,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in GOVT. LPL Financial LLC raised its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 3.4% during the 3rd quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 107,763,508 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,527,054,000 after buying an additional 3,525,851 shares during the period. Truist Financial Corp raised its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 2.4% during the 4th quarter. Truist Financial Corp now owns 66,956,719 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,538,665,000 after buying an additional 1,543,834 shares during the period. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. raised its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 7.8% during the 3rd quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 36,625,741 shares of the company’s stock worth $858,874,000 after buying an additional 2,642,472 shares during the period. Allworth Financial LP raised its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 15.4% during the 4th quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 33,236,595 shares of the company’s stock worth $747,159,000 after buying an additional 4,437,105 shares during the period. Finally, Assetmark Inc. raised its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 3.6% during the 3rd quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 18,419,461 shares of the company’s stock worth $431,936,000 after buying an additional 639,816 shares during the period.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Stock Performance

Shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF stock opened at $22.60 on Friday. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $22.52 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $22.89.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, February 6th. Shareholders of record on Monday, February 3rd were paid a $0.0674 dividend. This is an increase from iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.06. The ex-dividend date was Monday, February 3rd.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Profile

The iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (GOVT) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the ICE U.S. Treasury Core Bond index. The fund tracks a market-weighted index of fixed-rate nonconvertible U.S. Treasury securities with a remaining maturity of one year or more. GOVT was launched on Feb 14, 2012 and is managed by BlackRock.