Stratos Wealth Partners LTD. Sells 35,495 Shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT)

Stratos Wealth Partners LTD. lessened its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) by 22.5% in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 122,407 shares of the company’s stock after selling 35,495 shares during the period. Stratos Wealth Partners LTD.’s holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF were worth $2,813,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Cypress Wealth Services LLC lifted its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 2.3% during the fourth quarter. Cypress Wealth Services LLC now owns 20,615 shares of the company’s stock worth $474,000 after purchasing an additional 456 shares during the last quarter. Horst & Graben Wealth Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 0.6% during the 3rd quarter. Horst & Graben Wealth Management LLC now owns 81,351 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,908,000 after buying an additional 466 shares in the last quarter. Lake Street Advisors Group LLC lifted its position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 2.4% in the 3rd quarter. Lake Street Advisors Group LLC now owns 20,402 shares of the company’s stock worth $478,000 after buying an additional 481 shares during the last quarter. Magnus Financial Group LLC boosted its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 5.8% in the fourth quarter. Magnus Financial Group LLC now owns 9,278 shares of the company’s stock worth $213,000 after buying an additional 505 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Empirical Asset Management LLC grew its position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 0.6% during the third quarter. Empirical Asset Management LLC now owns 83,288 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,953,000 after acquiring an additional 530 shares during the last quarter.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Price Performance

Shares of GOVT opened at $22.59 on Friday. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $22.58 and a 200 day simple moving average of $22.92.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, February 6th. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 3rd were paid a dividend of $0.0674 per share. This is a boost from iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.06. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, February 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.