Private Advisor Group LLC Has $18.53 Million Stock Position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT)

Private Advisor Group LLC grew its position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) by 3.1% during the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 790,095 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 23,485 shares during the quarter. Private Advisor Group LLC’s holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF were worth $18,528,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Bailard Inc. raised its position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 6.4% during the second quarter. Bailard Inc. now owns 1,646,756 shares of the company’s stock valued at $37,167,000 after acquiring an additional 98,877 shares in the last quarter. Regency Capital Management Inc. DE raised its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 1,729.4% during the 3rd quarter. Regency Capital Management Inc. DE now owns 369,877 shares of the company’s stock valued at $8,674,000 after purchasing an additional 349,659 shares in the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc. raised its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 30.7% during the 2nd quarter. Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc. now owns 1,081,455 shares of the company’s stock valued at $24,408,000 after purchasing an additional 254,255 shares in the last quarter. Larson Financial Group LLC boosted its holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 732.8% in the second quarter. Larson Financial Group LLC now owns 5,580 shares of the company’s stock worth $126,000 after purchasing an additional 4,910 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Hsbc Holdings PLC boosted its holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 109.3% in the second quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC now owns 577,617 shares of the company’s stock worth $13,037,000 after purchasing an additional 301,669 shares in the last quarter.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Stock Performance

BATS GOVT opened at $22.86 on Thursday. The company’s fifty day moving average is $23.31 and its 200-day moving average is $22.83.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 6th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 3rd were issued a $0.0629 dividend. This is a positive change from iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.06. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, September 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.