Harbour Investments Inc. Grows Stock Position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT)

Harbour Investments Inc. lifted its position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) by 1.8% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 66,781 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,209 shares during the period. Harbour Investments Inc.’s holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF were worth $1,566,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. boosted its holdings in 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 valued at $1,295,174,000 after purchasing an additional 7,203,276 shares during the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC boosted its stake in shares of 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 valued at $2,352,644,000 after buying an additional 6,443,351 shares during the last quarter. School Employees Retirement Board of Ohio acquired a new stake in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF during the second quarter worth approximately $84,018,000. Cetera Investment Advisers increased its stake in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 581.8% in the first quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 3,177,425 shares of the company’s stock worth $72,350,000 after buying an additional 2,711,371 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Sanctuary Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF in the second quarter valued at $33,768,000.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Stock Down 0.0 %

GOVT opened at $22.60 on Thursday. The business has a fifty day moving average of $23.14 and a 200-day moving average of $22.89.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 6th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 3rd were issued a $0.0629 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend 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.