iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) Shares Purchased by Kestra Advisory Services LLC

Kestra Advisory Services LLC lifted its position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) by 25.7% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 694,442 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 141,859 shares during the quarter. Kestra Advisory Services LLC’s holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF were worth $15,812,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Allworth Financial LP raised its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 6.9% during the 1st quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 26,933,904 shares of the company’s stock valued at $613,285,000 after acquiring an additional 1,749,973 shares during the last quarter. Assetmark Inc. raised its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 2.5% during the 4th quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 16,665,186 shares of the company’s stock valued at $383,966,000 after acquiring an additional 408,054 shares during the last quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. raised its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 64.7% during the 4th quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 14,350,003 shares of the company’s stock valued at $330,624,000 after acquiring an additional 5,635,763 shares during the last quarter. Peavine Capital LLC raised its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 3.1% during the 1st quarter. Peavine Capital LLC now owns 9,848,623 shares of the company’s stock valued at $224,253,000 after acquiring an additional 293,858 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Prime Capital Investment Advisors LLC raised its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 30,577.4% during the 4th quarter. Prime Capital Investment Advisors LLC now owns 8,307,734 shares of the company’s stock valued at $191,410,000 after acquiring an additional 8,280,653 shares during the last quarter.

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

GOVT traded up $0.08 on Friday, hitting $22.82. 3,381,616 shares of the company traded hands. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $22.61 and its 200 day moving average is $22.58.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Friday, July 5th. Shareholders of record on Monday, July 1st were paid a dividend of $0.0606 per share. 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 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.