Migdal Insurance & Financial Holdings Ltd. Raises Stock Holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT)

Migdal Insurance & Financial Holdings Ltd. grew its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) by 55.2% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 33,739 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 12,000 shares during the quarter. Migdal Insurance & Financial Holdings Ltd.’s holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF were worth $775,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. Brookstone Capital Management grew its position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 2.6% during the third quarter. Brookstone Capital Management now owns 96,304 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,258,000 after purchasing an additional 2,438 shares in the last quarter. Patten Group Inc. grew its position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 39.5% during the third quarter. Patten Group Inc. now owns 14,027 shares of the company’s stock worth $329,000 after purchasing an additional 3,971 shares in the last quarter. LVW Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 3.4% during the third quarter. LVW Advisors LLC now owns 128,233 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,007,000 after purchasing an additional 4,272 shares in the last quarter. LongView Wealth Management purchased a new stake in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF during the third quarter worth about $324,000. Finally, Simplicity Wealth LLC grew its position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 12.0% during the third quarter. Simplicity Wealth LLC now owns 101,175 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,373,000 after purchasing an additional 10,824 shares in the last quarter.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Price Performance

Shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF stock opened at $22.59 on Friday. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $22.58 and its 200 day moving average price is $22.92.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, February 6th. Investors of record on Monday, February 3rd were paid a dividend of $0.0674 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, February 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.