Sterling Investment Counsel LLC Takes $208,000 Position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT)

Sterling Investment Counsel LLC bought a new position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) in the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor bought 9,048 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $208,000.

Several other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in GOVT. LPL Financial LLC grew its position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 3.4% during the 3rd quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 107,763,508 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,527,054,000 after acquiring an additional 3,525,851 shares during the last quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. grew its position in shares of 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 worth $858,874,000 after buying an additional 2,642,472 shares during the last quarter. Allworth Financial LP increased its stake in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 2.6% during the third quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 28,799,490 shares of the company’s stock valued at $675,348,000 after buying an additional 735,803 shares during the period. Assetmark Inc. raised its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 3.6% during the third quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 18,419,461 shares of the company’s stock valued at $431,936,000 after acquiring an additional 639,816 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Mutual Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 18.2% during the fourth quarter. Mutual Advisors LLC now owns 11,332,555 shares of the company’s stock valued at $254,473,000 after acquiring an additional 1,741,584 shares in the last quarter.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Trading Up 0.5 %

BATS:GOVT opened at $22.59 on Tuesday. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $22.61 and a two-hundred day moving average of $22.93.

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.