Capital Investment Counsel LLC Sells 33,351 Shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT)

Capital Investment Counsel LLC reduced its stake in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) by 17.4% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 158,598 shares of the company’s stock after selling 33,351 shares during the period. Capital Investment Counsel LLC’s holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF were worth $3,719,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in GOVT. Prudent Investors Network Inc. acquired a new stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF in the 1st quarter worth approximately $511,000. B. Riley Wealth Advisors Inc. lifted its stake in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 98.5% in the first quarter. B. Riley Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 83,684 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,844,000 after buying an additional 41,518 shares during the last quarter. Coppell Advisory Solutions Corp. bought a new stake in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF during the 1st quarter worth $561,000. Comerica Bank grew its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 35.1% in the 1st quarter. Comerica Bank now owns 233,618 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,319,000 after buying an additional 60,684 shares during the last quarter. Finally, National Wealth Management Group LLC grew its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 14.1% in the 1st quarter. National Wealth Management Group LLC now owns 26,776 shares of the company’s stock valued at $610,000 after buying an additional 3,311 shares during the last quarter.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Price Performance

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF stock opened at $22.64 on Friday. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $23.01 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $22.90.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 6th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 3rd were given a dividend of $0.0629 per share. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, September 3rd. This is a boost 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.