Matauro LLC Buys New Position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT)

Matauro LLC bought a new stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund bought 46,392 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,066,000.

Several other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. LPL Financial LLC increased its position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 3.4% during the third quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 107,763,508 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,527,054,000 after acquiring an additional 3,525,851 shares during the period. Truist Financial Corp increased its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 2.4% during the 4th quarter. Truist Financial Corp now owns 66,956,719 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,538,665,000 after purchasing an additional 1,543,834 shares during the period. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. raised its position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 7.8% during the third quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 36,625,741 shares of the company’s stock valued at $858,874,000 after buying an additional 2,642,472 shares during the last quarter. Allworth Financial LP lifted its stake in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 15.4% in the fourth quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 33,236,595 shares of the company’s stock valued at $747,159,000 after buying an additional 4,437,105 shares during the period. Finally, Assetmark Inc. grew its position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 3.6% during the third quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 18,419,461 shares of the company’s stock worth $431,936,000 after buying an additional 639,816 shares in the last quarter.

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

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF stock opened at $22.70 on Friday. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $22.52 and a 200 day moving average price of $22.89.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, February 6th. Shareholders of record on Monday, February 3rd were paid a dividend of $0.0674 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, February 3rd. This is an increase from iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.06.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Company 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.