Private Trust Co. NA Sells 21,454 Shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT)

Private Trust Co. NA lessened its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVTFree Report) by 11.3% during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 168,902 shares of the company’s stock after selling 21,454 shares during the period. Private Trust Co. NA’s holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF were worth $3,881,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in GOVT. Union Bancaire Privee UBP SA acquired a new stake in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $25,000. PSI Advisors LLC bought a new position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $34,000. Glen Eagle Advisors LLC grew its stake 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 acquiring an additional 600 shares in the last quarter. Raleigh Capital Management Inc. increased its position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 123.0% in the fourth quarter. Raleigh Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,777 shares of the company’s stock valued at $41,000 after acquiring an additional 980 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Decker Retirement Planning Inc. acquired a new stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF in the fourth quarter valued at $43,000.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Trading Down 0.1 %

GOVT stock opened at $22.90 on Friday. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $22.53 and its 200 day simple moving average is $22.88.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, February 6th. Investors of record on Monday, February 3rd were given a dividend of $0.0674 per share. This is a positive change from iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.06. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, February 3rd.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Profile

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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.

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Institutional Ownership by Quarter for iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT)

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