iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) Shares Acquired by Invst LLC

Invst LLC raised its position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) by 8.6% in the second quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 46,362 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 3,656 shares during the period. Invst LLC’s holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF were worth $1,038,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. LPL Financial LLC grew its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 6.6% during the 2nd quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 104,237,657 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,352,644,000 after buying an additional 6,443,351 shares during the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. grew its position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 14.4% in the 2nd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 57,384,743 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,295,174,000 after buying an additional 7,203,276 shares during the last quarter. Fund Evaluation Group LLC increased its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 3.4% in the 2nd quarter. Fund Evaluation Group LLC now owns 11,116,463 shares of the company’s stock valued at $250,899,000 after buying an additional 368,383 shares during the period. Peavine Capital LLC raised its position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 3.1% during the 1st quarter. Peavine Capital LLC now owns 9,848,623 shares of the company’s stock worth $224,253,000 after buying an additional 293,858 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Morningstar Investment Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 16.3% in the 2nd quarter. Morningstar Investment Management LLC now owns 8,717,729 shares of the company’s stock worth $196,759,000 after acquiring an additional 1,221,559 shares during the period.

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

Shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF stock opened at $23.51 on Monday. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $23.28 and its 200-day moving average price is $22.77.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 6th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 3rd were paid a dividend of $0.0629 per share. This is an increase from iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.06. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, September 3rd.

About iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF

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.