United Advisor Group LLC Takes $719,000 Position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT)

United Advisor Group LLC acquired a new position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund acquired 30,674 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $719,000.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of GOVT. Avidian Wealth Solutions LLC purchased a new position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF in the 1st quarter worth approximately $207,000. Csenge Advisory Group lifted its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 20.4% during the 1st quarter. Csenge Advisory Group now owns 30,904 shares of the company’s stock valued at $704,000 after purchasing an additional 5,236 shares during the last quarter. SYM FINANCIAL Corp lifted its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 10.0% during the 1st quarter. SYM FINANCIAL Corp now owns 2,650,947 shares of the company’s stock valued at $60,362,000 after purchasing an additional 242,008 shares during the last quarter. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. boosted its position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 15.4% in the 1st quarter. Envestnet Portfolio Solutions Inc. now owns 1,209,154 shares of the company’s stock worth $27,532,000 after purchasing an additional 161,397 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Topel & Distasi Wealth Management LLC grew its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 26.5% during the 1st quarter. Topel & Distasi Wealth Management LLC now owns 508,980 shares of the company’s stock worth $11,589,000 after buying an additional 106,545 shares during the last quarter.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Price Performance

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF stock opened at $22.79 on Wednesday. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $23.22 and a 200-day simple moving average of $22.87.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 6th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 3rd were given 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 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.