iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF $GOVT Stock: Johnson Bixby & Associates LLC Grows Position

Johnson Bixby & Associates LLC lifted its holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) by 5.8% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 1,485,386 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 81,403 shares during the period. iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF makes up 3.6% of Johnson Bixby & Associates LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 9th biggest position. Johnson Bixby & Associates LLC’s holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF were worth $32,485,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of GOVT. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 20.3% in the 1st quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 474,769,940 shares of the company’s stock worth $10,876,979,000 after acquiring an additional 80,062,969 shares during the period. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. lifted its position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 8.6% during the second quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 167,199,210 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,808,755,000 after purchasing an additional 13,304,992 shares during the last quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. raised its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 3.3% during the first quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 54,704,163 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,253,272,000 after buying an additional 1,756,317 shares in the last quarter. Assetmark Inc. increased its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 4.7% in the 1st quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 26,176,498 shares of the company’s stock valued at $599,704,000 after acquiring an additional 1,186,252 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Cetera Investment Advisers boosted its holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 144.8% in the first quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 10,135,363 shares of the company’s stock worth $232,201,000 after purchasing an additional 5,995,250 shares during the period.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Trading Up 0.1%

GOVT opened at $21.94 on Thursday. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $22.21 and its 200 day moving average price is $22.54. iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF has a fifty-two week low of $21.73 and a fifty-two week high of $23.39.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Company 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.