CoreCap Advisors LLC Raises Holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT)

CoreCap Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) by 40.2% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 12,448 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 3,567 shares during the period. CoreCap Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF were worth $286,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

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

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Stock Up 0.1%

Shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF stock opened at $22.74 on Monday. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $22.87 and its 200-day moving average price is $22.72.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

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

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.