Liberty Wealth Management LLC Reduces Stock Holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT)

Liberty Wealth Management LLC lowered its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) by 19.2% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 77,091 shares of the company’s stock after selling 18,314 shares during the quarter. Liberty Wealth Management LLC’s holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF were worth $1,808,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. LPL Financial LLC lifted its position 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 valued at $2,352,644,000 after purchasing an additional 6,443,351 shares in the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. lifted its position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 14.4% during 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 in the last quarter. Allworth Financial LP lifted its position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 2.6% during the 3rd quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 28,799,490 shares of the company’s stock valued at $675,348,000 after buying an additional 735,803 shares in the last quarter. Assetmark Inc. grew its stake in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 3.6% during the 3rd quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 18,419,461 shares of the company’s stock valued at $431,936,000 after acquiring an additional 639,816 shares during the period. Finally, Fund Evaluation Group LLC increased its holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 3.4% in the 2nd quarter. Fund Evaluation Group LLC now owns 11,116,463 shares of the company’s stock worth $250,899,000 after acquiring an additional 368,383 shares in the last quarter.

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

BATS GOVT opened at $22.77 on Friday. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $23.18 and its 200 day moving average price is $22.88.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 6th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 3rd were given a dividend of $0.0629 per share. This is an increase 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.