644,386 Shares in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) Purchased by Envision Financial Planning LLC

Envision Financial Planning LLC acquired a new stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) during the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor acquired 644,386 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $15,111,000. iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF accounts for 8.0% of Envision Financial Planning LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 3rd biggest position.

Several other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of GOVT. LPL Financial LLC grew its position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 6.6% in the second quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 104,237,657 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,352,644,000 after purchasing an additional 6,443,351 shares during the period. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. raised its position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 14.4% during the 2nd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 57,384,743 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,295,174,000 after purchasing an additional 7,203,276 shares during the last quarter. Allworth Financial LP lifted its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 2.6% in the 3rd quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 28,799,490 shares of the company’s stock valued at $675,348,000 after buying an additional 735,803 shares in the last quarter. Assetmark Inc. boosted its holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 3.6% in the 3rd quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 18,419,461 shares of the company’s stock worth $431,936,000 after buying an additional 639,816 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Fund Evaluation Group LLC increased its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 3.4% during the 2nd quarter. Fund Evaluation Group LLC now owns 11,116,463 shares of the company’s stock worth $250,899,000 after buying an additional 368,383 shares in the last quarter.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Stock Performance

Shares of GOVT opened at $22.62 on Friday. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $23.11 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $22.89.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

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

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.