WealthPLAN Partners LLC Takes $1.80 Million Position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF $GOVT

WealthPLAN Partners LLC bought a new position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) in the first quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor bought 78,580 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,800,000.

Other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 9.0% during the 4th quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 394,706,971 shares of the company’s stock worth $9,088,128,000 after buying an additional 32,568,450 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its stake in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 366.1% in the 4th quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 195,076,828 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,491,644,000 after acquiring an additional 153,219,429 shares in the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC lifted its position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 7.1% during the 4th quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 119,087,423 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,741,988,000 after acquiring an additional 7,886,409 shares during the period. Jump Financial LLC bought a new position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF during the third quarter worth $1,716,964,000. Finally, Truist Financial Corp boosted its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 3.4% during the fourth quarter. Truist Financial Corp now owns 71,006,495 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,634,925,000 after acquiring an additional 2,302,272 shares in the last quarter.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Stock Down 0.4%

GOVT opened at $22.60 on Wednesday. iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF has a 1-year low of $22.47 and a 1-year high of $23.39. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $22.71 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $22.91.

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.