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

Optas LLC increased its position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) by 0.7% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 394,471 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 2,893 shares during the quarter. iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF comprises approximately 2.5% of Optas LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 12th largest position. Optas LLC’s holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF were worth $8,982,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the stock. Trilogy Capital Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 6.8% during the first quarter. Trilogy Capital Inc. now owns 987,287 shares of the company’s stock valued at $22,481,000 after purchasing an additional 62,492 shares during the last quarter. MCF Advisors LLC raised its position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 7.0% during the first quarter. MCF Advisors LLC now owns 4,194,589 shares of the company’s stock valued at $95,511,000 after buying an additional 273,061 shares during the period. Occidental Asset Management LLC raised its position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 3.0% during the first quarter. Occidental Asset Management LLC now owns 501,991 shares of the company’s stock valued at $11,430,000 after buying an additional 14,824 shares during the period. Fidelity D & D Bancorp Inc. raised its position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 7.7% during the first quarter. Fidelity D & D Bancorp Inc. now owns 107,522 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,448,000 after buying an additional 7,679 shares during the period. Finally, Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC raised its position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 43.9% during the first quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC now owns 764,698 shares of the company’s stock valued at $17,412,000 after buying an additional 233,275 shares during the period.

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

BATS:GOVT traded down $0.10 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $22.57. 8,310,793 shares of the company’s stock traded hands. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $22.45 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $22.62.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 5th. Investors of record on Monday, July 1st will be given a dividend of $0.0606 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 is Monday, July 1st.

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.