Apollon Wealth Management LLC Has $962,000 Stock Holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT)

Apollon Wealth Management LLC cut its position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) by 3.6% in the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 41,854 shares of the company’s stock after selling 1,584 shares during the quarter. Apollon Wealth Management LLC’s holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF were worth $962,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in GOVT. Union Bancaire Privee UBP SA bought a new position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF in the 4th quarter valued at about $25,000. PSI Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF during the 4th quarter worth approximately $34,000. St. Johns Investment Management Company LLC bought a new position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $38,000. Glen Eagle Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 55.2% during the 3rd quarter. Glen Eagle Advisors LLC now owns 1,687 shares of the company’s stock worth $40,000 after buying an additional 600 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Raleigh Capital Management Inc. lifted its position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 123.0% during the 4th quarter. Raleigh Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,777 shares of the company’s stock worth $41,000 after buying an additional 980 shares in the last quarter.

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

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF stock opened at $22.55 on Wednesday. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $22.56 and its 200 day moving average price is $22.92.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, February 6th. Shareholders of record on Monday, February 3rd were given a dividend of $0.0674 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, February 3rd. This is a boost 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.