117,115 Shares in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) Acquired by Novem Group

Novem Group acquired a new position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund acquired 117,115 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,691,000.

Several other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Bank of America Corp DE grew its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 12.5% in the 4th quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 423,933,669 shares of the company’s stock valued at $9,741,996,000 after buying an additional 47,213,558 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 343.4% in the 4th quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 49,365,745 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,134,425,000 after buying an additional 38,232,721 shares during the period. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. grew its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 56.7% in the 4th quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 20,088,596 shares of the company’s stock valued at $461,636,000 after buying an additional 7,266,546 shares during the period. LPL Financial LLC grew its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 5.0% in the 4th quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 113,104,408 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,599,139,000 after buying an additional 5,340,900 shares during the period. Finally, Allworth Financial LP grew its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 15.4% in the 4th quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 33,236,595 shares of the company’s stock valued at $747,159,000 after buying an additional 4,437,105 shares during the period.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Price Performance

Shares of GOVT stock opened at $22.63 on Wednesday. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $22.84 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $22.71.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 6th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 3rd were issued a $0.0613 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 3rd.

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.