Occidental Asset Management LLC Has $13.23 Million Holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT)

Occidental Asset Management LLC grew its position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) by 6.7% in the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 564,121 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 35,244 shares during the period. iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF makes up about 2.1% of Occidental Asset Management LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 12th biggest holding. Occidental Asset Management LLC’s holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF were worth $13,229,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. raised its holdings in shares of 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 worth $1,295,174,000 after acquiring an additional 7,203,276 shares during the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC lifted 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. School Employees Retirement Board of Ohio purchased a new position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF during the second quarter valued at approximately $84,018,000. Cetera Investment Advisers grew its holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 581.8% during the first quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 3,177,425 shares of the company’s stock worth $72,350,000 after buying an additional 2,711,371 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Foster Group Inc. raised its position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 2,094.4% in the 1st quarter. Foster Group Inc. now owns 1,812,960 shares of the company’s stock valued at $41,281,000 after buying an additional 1,730,344 shares during the last quarter.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Trading Down 0.1 %

GOVT opened at $23.00 on Tuesday. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $23.33 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $22.81.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 6th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 3rd were issued a dividend of $0.0629 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, September 3rd. This is a boost 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.