Piscataqua Savings Bank Invests $82,000 in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT)

Piscataqua Savings Bank acquired a new stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm acquired 3,507 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $82,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Syon Capital LLC acquired a new stake in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF in the fourth quarter valued at about $221,000. Scarborough Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $57,000. GAMMA Investing LLC purchased a new stake in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF during the 1st quarter worth approximately $393,000. Foster Group Inc. boosted its stake in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 2,094.4% during the 1st quarter. Foster Group Inc. now owns 1,812,960 shares of the company’s stock worth $41,281,000 after acquiring an additional 1,730,344 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Montecito Bank & Trust grew its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 14.6% in the 1st quarter. Montecito Bank & Trust now owns 517,774 shares of the company’s stock worth $11,790,000 after acquiring an additional 65,918 shares during the period.

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

Shares of GOVT stock opened at $23.10 on Wednesday. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $23.33 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $22.81.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

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

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.