SteelPeak Wealth LLC Increases Holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT)

SteelPeak Wealth LLC lifted its holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) by 4.2% in the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 148,516 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 5,934 shares during the quarter. SteelPeak Wealth LLC’s holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF were worth $3,483,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of GOVT. Horst & Graben Wealth Management LLC grew its position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 0.6% in the 3rd quarter. Horst & Graben Wealth Management LLC now owns 81,351 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,908,000 after buying an additional 466 shares during the last quarter. Lake Street Advisors Group LLC grew its holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 2.4% in the third quarter. Lake Street Advisors Group LLC now owns 20,402 shares of the company’s stock worth $478,000 after purchasing an additional 481 shares during the last quarter. Empirical Asset Management LLC increased its position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 0.6% during the third quarter. Empirical Asset Management LLC now owns 83,288 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,953,000 after purchasing an additional 530 shares in the last quarter. TrueWealth Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 4.8% during the second quarter. TrueWealth Advisors LLC now owns 11,611 shares of the company’s stock worth $262,000 after purchasing an additional 534 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Magnolia Capital Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 4.5% during the 1st quarter. Magnolia Capital Advisors LLC now owns 14,125 shares of the company’s stock valued at $314,000 after purchasing an additional 606 shares during the last quarter.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Stock Performance

BATS GOVT traded up $0.01 during trading on Wednesday, hitting $22.84. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 11,645,399 shares. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $23.28 and its 200 day moving average is $22.85.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 6th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 3rd were given 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.

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.