iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) is Annandale Capital LLC’s 4th Largest Position

Annandale Capital LLC raised its position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) by 9.7% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 821,235 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 72,520 shares during the quarter. iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF makes up approximately 3.0% of Annandale Capital LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 4th largest position. Annandale Capital LLC owned 0.07% of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF worth $18,872,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in GOVT. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its stake in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 343.4% in the 4th quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 49,365,745 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,134,425,000 after acquiring an additional 38,232,721 shares in the last quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. grew its holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 56.7% in the fourth quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 20,088,596 shares of the company’s stock worth $461,636,000 after purchasing an additional 7,266,546 shares during the period. LPL Financial LLC increased its stake in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 5.0% during the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 113,104,408 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,599,139,000 after purchasing an additional 5,340,900 shares in the last quarter. Allworth Financial LP lifted its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 15.4% during the fourth quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 33,236,595 shares of the company’s stock valued at $747,159,000 after purchasing an additional 4,437,105 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Morningstar Investment Management LLC boosted its position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 49.5% in the 4th quarter. Morningstar Investment Management LLC now owns 13,124,464 shares of the company’s stock worth $301,600,000 after purchasing an additional 4,347,422 shares in the last quarter.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Trading Up 0.2 %

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF stock opened at $23.17 on Friday. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $22.76 and a 200 day moving average of $22.79.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The business also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 6th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 3rd were paid a $0.0613 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 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.