EP Wealth Advisors LLC Has $112.95 Million Stock Holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT)

EP Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) by 5.3% during the second quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 5,004,200 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 251,646 shares during the period. iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF comprises 1.2% of EP Wealth Advisors LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 17th largest holding. EP Wealth Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF were worth $112,945,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. grew its position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 14.4% during the 2nd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 57,384,743 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,295,174,000 after acquiring an additional 7,203,276 shares during the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC increased its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 6.6% in the second quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 104,237,657 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,352,644,000 after purchasing an additional 6,443,351 shares in the last quarter. Morningstar Investment Management LLC bought a new position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF in the 4th quarter worth approximately $144,757,000. School Employees Retirement Board of Ohio acquired a new position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF during the 2nd quarter worth $84,018,000. Finally, Cetera Investment Advisers boosted its position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 581.8% in the 1st quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 3,177,425 shares of the company’s stock valued at $72,350,000 after buying an additional 2,711,371 shares during the last quarter.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Trading Up 0.3 %

Shares of GOVT opened at $23.51 on Monday. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $23.28 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $22.77.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 6th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 3rd were paid a $0.0629 dividend. 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 Tuesday, September 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.