Stone House Investment Management LLC Purchases 1,101 Shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT)

Stone House Investment Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) by 3.6% during the third quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 31,467 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 1,101 shares during the period. Stone House Investment Management LLC’s holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF were worth $738,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of GOVT. True Vision MN LLC boosted its stake in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 3.0% in the 3rd quarter. True Vision MN LLC now owns 41,795 shares of the company’s stock valued at $980,000 after purchasing an additional 1,225 shares in the last quarter. CreativeOne Wealth LLC lifted its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 114.6% in the third quarter. CreativeOne Wealth LLC now owns 176,153 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,131,000 after purchasing an additional 94,076 shares during the last quarter. Townsquare Capital LLC boosted its position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 3.9% during the third quarter. Townsquare Capital LLC now owns 6,157,505 shares of the company’s stock valued at $144,394,000 after buying an additional 230,545 shares during the period. Bank of Montreal Can grew its stake in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 762.0% during the third quarter. Bank of Montreal Can now owns 485,280 shares of the company’s stock valued at $11,409,000 after buying an additional 428,986 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Private Trust Co. NA increased its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 8.6% in the third quarter. Private Trust Co. NA now owns 190,356 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,464,000 after buying an additional 15,080 shares during the period.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Price Performance

GOVT stock traded down $0.04 during trading on Wednesday, hitting $22.81. 9,343,379 shares of the company traded hands. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $23.00 and a 200-day moving average of $22.91.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 6th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 3rd were issued a $0.0629 dividend. This is a boost from iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.06. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, September 3rd.

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.