IRON Financial LLC Sells 45,470 Shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT)

IRON Financial LLC lessened its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) by 71.5% in the third quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 18,141 shares of the company’s stock after selling 45,470 shares during the quarter. IRON Financial LLC’s holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF were worth $425,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. LPL Financial LLC grew its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 6.6% in the 2nd quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 104,237,657 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,352,644,000 after buying an additional 6,443,351 shares during the period. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. grew its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 14.4% in the second quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 57,384,743 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,295,174,000 after acquiring an additional 7,203,276 shares during the period. Allworth Financial LP increased its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 2.6% in the third quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 28,799,490 shares of the company’s stock worth $675,348,000 after acquiring an additional 735,803 shares in the last quarter. Fund Evaluation Group LLC raised its position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 3.4% during the second quarter. Fund Evaluation Group LLC now owns 11,116,463 shares of the company’s stock worth $250,899,000 after purchasing an additional 368,383 shares during the period. Finally, Peavine Capital LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 3.1% during the 1st quarter. Peavine Capital LLC now owns 9,848,623 shares of the company’s stock valued at $224,253,000 after purchasing an additional 293,858 shares in the last quarter.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Stock Performance

Shares of GOVT traded down $0.02 on Thursday, hitting $22.82. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 4,351,702 shares. The business has a fifty day moving average of $23.26 and a two-hundred day moving average of $22.85.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

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

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.