Carmichael Hill & Associates Inc. Raises Stock Position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT)

Carmichael Hill & Associates Inc. increased its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) by 66.1% in the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 4,674 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,860 shares during the quarter. Carmichael Hill & Associates Inc.’s holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF were worth $110,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Optas LLC increased its holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 0.7% in the 3rd quarter. Optas LLC now owns 409,956 shares of the company’s stock worth $9,613,000 after acquiring an additional 3,007 shares in the last quarter. Clear Creek Financial Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 23.7% during the third quarter. Clear Creek Financial Management LLC now owns 492,535 shares of the company’s stock worth $11,550,000 after buying an additional 94,274 shares in the last quarter. Key Financial Inc grew its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 8.1% during the third quarter. Key Financial Inc now owns 521,422 shares of the company’s stock worth $12,227,000 after buying an additional 39,147 shares in the last quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 11.1% during the third quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 415,111 shares of the company’s stock worth $9,734,000 after buying an additional 41,498 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Americana Partners LLC grew its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 4.7% during the third quarter. Americana Partners LLC now owns 22,530 shares of the company’s stock worth $528,000 after buying an additional 1,015 shares in the last quarter.

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

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF stock opened at $22.67 on Friday. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $23.24 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $22.86.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced 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. 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 Tuesday, September 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.