iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) Shares Bought by Ascent Wealth Partners LLC

Ascent Wealth Partners LLC raised its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) by 8.1% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 63,963 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 4,768 shares during the period. Ascent Wealth Partners LLC’s holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF were worth $1,470,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the business. LPL Financial LLC raised its position in shares of 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 acquiring an additional 3,525,851 shares in the last quarter. Truist Financial Corp raised its position in shares of 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 acquiring an additional 1,543,834 shares in the last quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. raised its position in shares of 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 acquiring an additional 2,642,472 shares in the last quarter. Allworth Financial LP raised its position in shares of 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 acquiring an additional 4,437,105 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Assetmark Inc. raised its position in shares of 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 acquiring an additional 639,816 shares in the last quarter.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Trading Up 0.4 %

Shares of BATS GOVT opened at $22.70 on Friday. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $22.52 and its 200-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 given a dividend of $0.0674 per share. This is a positive change from iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.06. The ex-dividend date of this dividend 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.