Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC Acquires New Holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT)

Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm acquired 33,033 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $759,000.

A number of other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the stock. LPL Financial LLC raised its stake in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 3.4% in the 3rd quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 107,763,508 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,527,054,000 after acquiring an additional 3,525,851 shares in the last quarter. Truist Financial Corp grew its holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 2.4% in the 4th quarter. Truist Financial Corp now owns 66,956,719 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,538,665,000 after buying an additional 1,543,834 shares during the last quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. grew its holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 7.8% in the 3rd quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 36,625,741 shares of the company’s stock valued at $858,874,000 after buying an additional 2,642,472 shares during the last quarter. Allworth Financial LP grew its holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 15.4% in the 4th quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 33,236,595 shares of the company’s stock valued at $747,159,000 after buying an additional 4,437,105 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Assetmark Inc. grew its holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 16.2% in the 4th quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 21,409,555 shares of the company’s stock valued at $491,992,000 after buying an additional 2,990,094 shares during the last quarter.

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

GOVT opened at $22.81 on Monday. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $22.59 and a 200 day simple moving average of $22.86.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 6th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 3rd were issued a $0.0613 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, March 3rd.

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.