Heritage Wealth Management LLC Buys New Position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT)

Heritage Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) during the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund acquired 34,327 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $791,000.

A number of other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. FMR LLC increased its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 8.5% in the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 85,547,733 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,885,472,000 after acquiring an additional 6,707,884 shares during the period. Allworth Financial LP lifted its position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 2.0% in the fourth quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 25,183,931 shares of the company’s stock valued at $580,238,000 after acquiring an additional 486,526 shares in the last quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. grew its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 33.1% during the third quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 17,819,469 shares of the company’s stock worth $392,741,000 after buying an additional 4,427,187 shares in the last quarter. Assetmark Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 14.8% during the third quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 16,257,132 shares of the company’s stock worth $358,307,000 after purchasing an additional 2,096,717 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Peavine Capital LLC purchased a new stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF in the 4th quarter valued at about $220,142,000.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Stock Up 0.3 %

Shares of GOVT traded up $0.06 during mid-day trading on Thursday, reaching $22.16. The company had a trading volume of 7,490,519 shares. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $22.49 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $22.51.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Friday, April 5th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, April 2nd were paid a $0.0583 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, April 1st. This is a positive change from iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.05.

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.