9,595 Shares in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) Bought by Syon Capital LLC

Syon Capital LLC bought a new position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund bought 9,595 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $221,000.

A number of other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in GOVT. Salem Investment Counselors Inc. boosted its position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 41.5% during the fourth quarter. Salem Investment Counselors Inc. now owns 2,213 shares of the company’s stock worth $51,000 after purchasing an additional 649 shares during the period. Mayflower Financial Advisors LLC boosted its position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 2.5% during the fourth quarter. Mayflower Financial Advisors LLC now owns 29,566 shares of the company’s stock worth $681,000 after purchasing an additional 721 shares during the period. Pacific Financial Group Inc. boosted its position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 2.2% during the fourth quarter. Pacific Financial Group Inc. now owns 36,980 shares of the company’s stock worth $852,000 after purchasing an additional 790 shares during the period. Cadence Bank boosted its position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 7.6% in the third quarter. Cadence Bank now owns 12,923 shares of the company’s stock valued at $285,000 after acquiring an additional 915 shares during the period. Finally, IFG Advisory LLC boosted its position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 5.9% in the fourth quarter. IFG Advisory LLC now owns 16,778 shares of the company’s stock valued at $387,000 after acquiring an additional 930 shares during the period.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Price Performance

Shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF stock opened at $22.74 on Wednesday. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $22.38 and a 200-day simple moving average of $22.61.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 7th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 3rd were given a $0.0594 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 3rd. This is a boost from iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.06.

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.