PrairieView Partners LLC Has $183,000 Position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT)

PrairieView Partners LLC grew its holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) by 328.0% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 8,154 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 6,249 shares during the period. PrairieView Partners LLC’s holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF were worth $183,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the business. LPL Financial LLC boosted its holdings in shares of 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 valued at $2,527,054,000 after acquiring an additional 3,525,851 shares in the last quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 7.8% during 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 acquiring an additional 2,642,472 shares in the last quarter. Allworth Financial LP boosted its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 2.6% during the 3rd quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 28,799,490 shares of the company’s stock valued at $675,348,000 after acquiring an additional 735,803 shares in the last quarter. Assetmark Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 3.6% during the 3rd 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 boosted its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 18.2% during the 4th 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 Stock Performance

Shares of GOVT opened at $22.43 on Thursday. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $22.56 and its 200-day moving average is $22.91.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, February 6th. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 3rd were given a $0.0674 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, February 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.