1832 Asset Management L.P. Acquires 782,324 Shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT)

1832 Asset Management L.P. increased its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) by 36.3% in the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 2,935,845 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 782,324 shares during the period. 1832 Asset Management L.P.’s holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF were worth $66,849,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of GOVT. IFG Advisory LLC raised its position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 5.9% in the fourth quarter. IFG Advisory LLC now owns 16,778 shares of the company’s stock valued at $387,000 after purchasing an additional 930 shares during the last quarter. Procyon Advisors LLC raised its position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 10.1% in the fourth quarter. Procyon Advisors LLC now owns 21,458 shares of the company’s stock valued at $494,000 after purchasing an additional 1,968 shares during the last quarter. Moisand Fitzgerald Tamayo LLC bought a new position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF in the fourth quarter valued at about $97,000. Verum Partners LLC raised its position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 130.9% in the fourth quarter. Verum Partners LLC now owns 826,300 shares of the company’s stock valued at $19,038,000 after purchasing an additional 468,478 shares during the last quarter. Finally, WealthCare Investment Partners LLC raised its position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 3.0% in the fourth quarter. WealthCare Investment Partners LLC now owns 94,810 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,171,000 after purchasing an additional 2,739 shares during the last quarter.

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

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF stock traded up $0.08 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $22.82. The stock had a trading volume of 3,381,616 shares. The business has a 50 day moving average of $22.61 and a 200 day moving average of $22.58.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Friday, July 5th. Shareholders of record on Monday, July 1st were given a $0.0606 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, July 1st. This is an increase 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.