First Horizon Advisors Inc. Has $966,000 Stock Holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT)

First Horizon Advisors Inc. grew its position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) by 7.9% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 41,171 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 3,000 shares during the period. First Horizon Advisors Inc.’s holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF were worth $966,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other large investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Bailard Inc. lifted its position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 6.4% in the 2nd quarter. Bailard Inc. now owns 1,646,756 shares of the company’s stock valued at $37,167,000 after acquiring an additional 98,877 shares in the last quarter. Raymond James & Associates boosted its position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 40.5% during the third quarter. Raymond James & Associates now owns 577,572 shares of the company’s stock worth $13,544,000 after buying an additional 166,466 shares during the period. Signaturefd LLC grew its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 766.7% during the third quarter. Signaturefd LLC now owns 10,140 shares of the company’s stock worth $238,000 after buying an additional 8,970 shares in the last quarter. Regency Capital Management Inc. DE raised its position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 1,729.4% in the 3rd quarter. Regency Capital Management Inc. DE now owns 369,877 shares of the company’s stock valued at $8,674,000 after buying an additional 349,659 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc. lifted its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 30.7% in the 2nd quarter. Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc. now owns 1,081,455 shares of the company’s stock valued at $24,408,000 after acquiring an additional 254,255 shares in the last quarter.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Price Performance

Shares of GOVT opened at $22.64 on Friday. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $23.03 and its 200 day simple moving average is $22.90.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

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

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.