Cetera Investment Advisers Has $72.35 Million Stock Holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT)

Cetera Investment Advisers boosted its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) by 581.8% during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 3,177,425 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 2,711,371 shares during the period. Cetera Investment Advisers owned approximately 0.28% of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF worth $72,350,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of GOVT. Pinnacle Financial Partners Inc purchased a new stake in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF in the fourth quarter valued at about $250,000. TIAA Trust National Association raised its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 90.5% in the fourth quarter. TIAA Trust National Association now owns 75,178 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,732,000 after purchasing an additional 35,722 shares during the last quarter. Indiana Trust & Investment Management CO raised its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 46.6% in the fourth quarter. Indiana Trust & Investment Management CO now owns 3,319 shares of the company’s stock valued at $76,000 after purchasing an additional 1,055 shares during the last quarter. Family Capital Trust Co purchased a new stake in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF in the fourth quarter valued at about $413,000. Finally, Regency Capital Management Inc. DE purchased a new stake in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF in the fourth quarter valued at about $204,000.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Price Performance

Shares of GOVT stock traded up $0.30 on Friday, hitting $23.35. The stock had a trading volume of 8,628,317 shares. The company’s 50-day moving average is $22.66 and its 200 day moving average is $22.58.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Friday, July 5th. Investors of record on Monday, July 1st were given a dividend of $0.0606 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, July 1st. This is a positive change from iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.06.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Company 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.