BNP Paribas Sells 2,483 Shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT)

BNP Paribas reduced its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) by 2.6% in the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 92,932 shares of the company’s stock after selling 2,483 shares during the period. BNP Paribas’ holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF were worth $2,179,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. increased its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 14.4% in the 2nd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 57,384,743 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,295,174,000 after buying an additional 7,203,276 shares during the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC raised 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 acquiring an additional 6,443,351 shares in the last quarter. School Employees Retirement Board of Ohio acquired a new position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF during the second quarter valued at approximately $84,018,000. Cetera Investment Advisers grew its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 581.8% in the first quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 3,177,425 shares of the company’s stock valued at $72,350,000 after purchasing an additional 2,711,371 shares in the last quarter. Finally, PNC Financial Services Group Inc. grew its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 7.8% in the third quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 36,625,741 shares of the company’s stock valued at $858,874,000 after purchasing an additional 2,642,472 shares in the last quarter.

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

Shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF stock opened at $22.81 on Wednesday. The business’s 50-day moving average is $23.00 and its 200 day moving average is $22.91.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 6th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, September 3rd were given 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.