Wealth Alliance Purchases 1,919 Shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT)

Wealth Alliance lifted its position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) by 17.0% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 13,175 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,919 shares during the quarter. Wealth Alliance’s holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF were worth $303,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Union Bancaire Privee UBP SA bought a new position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF in the fourth quarter worth $25,000. PSI Advisors LLC bought a new position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF in the fourth quarter valued at $34,000. St. Johns Investment Management Company LLC bought a new position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF in the third quarter valued at $38,000. Glen Eagle Advisors LLC increased its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 55.2% in the third quarter. Glen Eagle Advisors LLC now owns 1,687 shares of the company’s stock valued at $40,000 after acquiring an additional 600 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Raleigh Capital Management Inc. increased its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 123.0% in the fourth quarter. Raleigh Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,777 shares of the company’s stock valued at $41,000 after acquiring an additional 980 shares during the last quarter.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Trading Up 0.4 %

GOVT opened at $22.70 on Friday. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $22.52 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $22.89.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, February 6th. Investors of record on Monday, February 3rd were paid a $0.0674 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, February 3rd. This is a boost from iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.06.

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.