iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) Shares Sold by Americana Partners LLC

Americana Partners LLC lessened its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) by 7.1% in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 20,921 shares of the company’s stock after selling 1,609 shares during the period. Americana Partners LLC’s holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF were worth $481,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Franklin Resources Inc. increased its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 5.3% in the third quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 27,228 shares of the company’s stock valued at $626,000 after purchasing an additional 1,380 shares during the last quarter. Raymond James & Associates increased its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 40.5% in the third quarter. Raymond James & Associates now owns 577,572 shares of the company’s stock valued at $13,544,000 after purchasing an additional 166,466 shares during the last quarter. Signaturefd LLC increased its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 766.7% during the third quarter. Signaturefd LLC now owns 10,140 shares of the company’s stock worth $238,000 after acquiring an additional 8,970 shares during the last quarter. Harbour Investments Inc. increased its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 1.8% during the third quarter. Harbour Investments Inc. now owns 66,781 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,566,000 after acquiring an additional 1,209 shares during the last quarter. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 34.2% during the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 11,133,024 shares of the company’s stock worth $261,069,000 after acquiring an additional 2,837,004 shares during the last quarter.

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

GOVT stock opened at $22.54 on Wednesday. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $22.53 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $22.90.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

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

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.