Tyler Stone Wealth Management Buys New Shares in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT)

Tyler Stone Wealth Management purchased a new position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm purchased 11,867 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $278,000.

A number of other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in GOVT. LPL Financial LLC increased its position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 6.6% during the 2nd quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 104,237,657 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,352,644,000 after purchasing an additional 6,443,351 shares in the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. increased its position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 14.4% in the second quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 57,384,743 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,295,174,000 after acquiring an additional 7,203,276 shares in the last quarter. Allworth Financial LP raised its stake in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 2.6% in the 3rd quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 28,799,490 shares of the company’s stock valued at $675,348,000 after acquiring an additional 735,803 shares during the period. Assetmark Inc. lifted its holdings 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 in the last quarter. Finally, Fund Evaluation Group LLC boosted its position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 3.4% during the 2nd quarter. Fund Evaluation Group LLC now owns 11,116,463 shares of the company’s stock worth $250,899,000 after purchasing an additional 368,383 shares during the period.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Price Performance

Shares of BATS GOVT opened at $22.73 on Tuesday. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $23.17 and a two-hundred day moving average of $22.89.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 6th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 3rd were paid a $0.0629 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, September 3rd. This is a positive change 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.