Comerica Bank increased its stake in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT – Free Report) by 35.1% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 233,618 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 60,684 shares during the quarter. Comerica Bank’s holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF were worth $5,319,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
Other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. ICA Group Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF during the 4th quarter worth $28,000. Morton Brown Family Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF in the first quarter valued at $30,000. Criterion Capital Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF in the fourth quarter valued at $32,000. Wetzel Investment Advisors Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF in the fourth quarter valued at $33,000. Finally, Woodmont Investment Counsel LLC acquired a new stake in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF in the first quarter valued at $55,000.
iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Stock Up 1.3 %
Shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF stock opened at $23.35 on Friday. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $22.66 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $22.58.
iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend
The firm also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Friday, July 5th. Investors of record on Monday, July 1st were given a dividend of $0.0606 per share. This is a positive change from iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.06. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, July 1st.
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.
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