Invera Wealth Advisors LLC Buys 11,173 Shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT)

Invera Wealth Advisors LLC raised its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) by 73.5% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 26,371 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 11,173 shares during the period. Invera Wealth Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF were worth $592,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Allworth Financial LP lifted its stake in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 15.4% in the fourth quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 33,236,595 shares of the company’s stock valued at $747,159,000 after buying an additional 4,437,105 shares during the period. Morningstar Investment Management LLC raised its holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 49.5% in the 4th quarter. Morningstar Investment Management LLC now owns 13,124,464 shares of the company’s stock valued at $301,600,000 after acquiring an additional 4,347,422 shares in the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC lifted its position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 3.4% in the 3rd quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 107,763,508 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,527,054,000 after acquiring an additional 3,525,851 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 34.2% during the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 11,133,024 shares of the company’s stock worth $261,069,000 after purchasing an additional 2,837,004 shares in the last quarter. Finally, PNC Financial Services Group Inc. grew its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 7.8% during the 3rd quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 36,625,741 shares of the company’s stock worth $858,874,000 after purchasing an additional 2,642,472 shares in the last quarter.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Price Performance

Shares of BATS GOVT opened at $22.57 on Thursday. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $22.52 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $22.90.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, February 6th. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 3rd were paid a $0.0674 dividend. This is a boost 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

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.