Blue Trust Inc. Trims Stock Position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF $GOVT

Blue Trust Inc. lessened its holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVTFree Report) by 0.9% during the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 71,779 shares of the company’s stock after selling 647 shares during the quarter. Blue Trust Inc.’s holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF were worth $1,649,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of GOVT. Jordan Park Group LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 103.9% in the first quarter. Jordan Park Group LLC now owns 18,428,436 shares of the company’s stock valued at $423,578,000 after purchasing an additional 9,389,586 shares in the last quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC purchased a new stake in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF in the first quarter valued at about $188,781,000. Alliancebernstein L.P. purchased a new position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF during the first quarter valued at approximately $136,821,000. Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. lifted its stake in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 7,637.6% during the first quarter. Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. now owns 4,675,695 shares of the company’s stock valued at $107,471,000 after buying an additional 4,615,267 shares during the period. Finally, Truist Financial Corp lifted its stake in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 3.9% during the first quarter. Truist Financial Corp now owns 69,572,378 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,599,121,000 after buying an additional 2,615,659 shares during the period.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Trading Up 0.5%

Shares of GOVT opened at $23.21 on Friday. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $23.02 and its 200 day moving average price is $22.86.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Company Profile

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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.

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Institutional Ownership by Quarter for iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT)

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