Verdence Capital Advisors LLC Has $1.59 Million Stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT)

Verdence Capital Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) by 7.7% during the third quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 67,600 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 4,810 shares during the quarter. Verdence Capital Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF were worth $1,585,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. LPL Financial LLC grew its holdings 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 worth $2,352,644,000 after buying an additional 6,443,351 shares in the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. grew its holdings 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 worth $1,295,174,000 after buying an additional 7,203,276 shares in the last quarter. Allworth Financial LP grew its holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 2.6% during the third 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 in the last quarter. Fund Evaluation Group LLC grew its holdings 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 worth $250,899,000 after buying an additional 368,383 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Mutual Advisors LLC grew its holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 11.7% during the third quarter. Mutual Advisors LLC now owns 9,590,971 shares of the company’s stock worth $219,585,000 after buying an additional 1,007,459 shares in the last quarter.

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

Shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF stock opened at $22.77 on Friday. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $23.18 and its two-hundred day moving average is $22.88.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 6th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 3rd were paid a $0.0629 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, September 3rd. This is an increase from iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.06.

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.