iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) Shares Purchased by Triad Wealth Partners LLC

Triad Wealth Partners LLC raised its position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) by 210.4% in the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 32,076 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 21,743 shares during the period. Triad Wealth Partners LLC’s holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF were worth $752,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of GOVT. LPL Financial LLC lifted its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 6.6% during the second 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. lifted its stake 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 valued at $1,295,174,000 after purchasing an additional 7,203,276 shares during the last quarter. Fund Evaluation Group LLC lifted its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 3.4% during the second quarter. Fund Evaluation Group LLC now owns 11,116,463 shares of the company’s stock valued at $250,899,000 after purchasing an additional 368,383 shares during the last quarter. Peavine Capital LLC lifted its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 3.1% during the first quarter. Peavine Capital LLC now owns 9,848,623 shares of the company’s stock valued at $224,253,000 after purchasing an additional 293,858 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Morningstar Investment Management LLC lifted its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 16.3% during the second quarter. Morningstar Investment Management LLC now owns 8,717,729 shares of the company’s stock valued at $196,759,000 after purchasing an additional 1,221,559 shares during the last quarter.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Price Performance

GOVT stock traded up $0.02 on Monday, hitting $23.04. 6,728,595 shares of the company’s stock traded hands. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $23.33 and its two-hundred day moving average is $22.83.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 6th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 3rd were issued a dividend of $0.0629 per share. 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 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.