Nationwide Fund Advisors Sells 1,313,357 Shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF $GOVT

Nationwide Fund Advisors reduced its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) by 61.8% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 810,479 shares of the company’s stock after selling 1,313,357 shares during the quarter. iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF makes up 0.8% of Nationwide Fund Advisors’ investment portfolio, making the stock its 7th largest holding. Nationwide Fund Advisors’ holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF were worth $17,725,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Bank of America Corp DE grew its holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 20.3% during the first quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 474,769,940 shares of the company’s stock valued at $10,876,979,000 after purchasing an additional 80,062,969 shares during the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. raised its position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 8.6% in the second quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 167,199,210 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,808,755,000 after purchasing an additional 13,304,992 shares during the period. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. raised its position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 3.3% in the first quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 54,704,163 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,253,272,000 after purchasing an additional 1,756,317 shares during the period. Assetmark Inc. raised its position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 4.7% in the first quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 26,176,498 shares of the company’s stock valued at $599,704,000 after purchasing an additional 1,186,252 shares during the period. Finally, Cetera Investment Advisers lifted its stake in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 144.8% in the first quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 10,135,363 shares of the company’s stock worth $232,201,000 after buying an additional 5,995,250 shares during the last quarter.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Stock Performance

Shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF stock opened at $22.24 on Friday. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $22.14 and a 200-day simple moving average of $22.65. iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF has a 1-year low of $21.73 and a 1-year high of $23.39.

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.