Ascent Wealth Partners LLC Reduces Position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT)

Ascent Wealth Partners LLC reduced its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) by 4.1% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 59,195 shares of the company’s stock after selling 2,507 shares during the period. Ascent Wealth Partners LLC’s holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF were worth $1,388,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other large investors have also modified their holdings of the company. LPL Financial LLC raised its stake in shares of 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 worth $2,352,644,000 after purchasing an additional 6,443,351 shares during the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. raised its position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 14.4% during the 2nd 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 last quarter. Allworth Financial LP raised its position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 2.6% during the 3rd quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 28,799,490 shares of the company’s stock worth $675,348,000 after buying an additional 735,803 shares during the last quarter. 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 in the last quarter. Finally, Mutual Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 11.7% in the third quarter. Mutual Advisors LLC now owns 9,590,971 shares of the company’s stock valued at $219,585,000 after acquiring an additional 1,007,459 shares in the last quarter.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Stock Down 0.8 %

BATS GOVT traded down $0.19 during trading hours on Thursday, hitting $22.60. 9,243,410 shares of the stock were exchanged. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $23.20 and a 200-day 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 dividend of $0.0629 per share. This is an increase from iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.06. The ex-dividend date of this dividend 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.