139,564 Shares in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) Acquired by Diversify Wealth Management LLC

Diversify Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) during the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund purchased 139,564 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,260,000.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. LPL Financial LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 6.6% in the 2nd quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 104,237,657 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,352,644,000 after purchasing an additional 6,443,351 shares during the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. increased its position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 14.4% during the second quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 57,384,743 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,295,174,000 after buying an additional 7,203,276 shares during the period. Allworth Financial LP increased its position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 6.9% during the first quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 26,933,904 shares of the company’s stock worth $613,285,000 after buying an additional 1,749,973 shares during the period. Assetmark Inc. lifted its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 2.5% in the fourth quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 16,665,186 shares of the company’s stock valued at $383,966,000 after buying an additional 408,054 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Fund Evaluation Group LLC boosted its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 3.4% in the second quarter. Fund Evaluation Group LLC now owns 11,116,463 shares of the company’s stock valued at $250,899,000 after acquiring an additional 368,383 shares during the period.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Stock Performance

Shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF stock opened at $23.60 on Friday. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $23.12 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $22.71.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

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

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.