B. Riley Wealth Advisors Inc. Trims Stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT)

B. Riley Wealth Advisors Inc. lowered its stake in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) by 49.6% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 42,166 shares of the company’s stock after selling 41,518 shares during the quarter. B. Riley Wealth Advisors Inc.’s holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF were worth $972,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of GOVT. Allworth Financial LP boosted its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 2.0% during the fourth quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 25,183,931 shares of the company’s stock worth $580,238,000 after acquiring an additional 486,526 shares in the last quarter. Assetmark Inc. boosted its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 2.5% during the fourth quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 16,665,186 shares of the company’s stock worth $383,966,000 after acquiring an additional 408,054 shares in the last quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. boosted its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 64.7% during the fourth quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 14,350,003 shares of the company’s stock worth $330,624,000 after acquiring an additional 5,635,763 shares in the last quarter. Peavine Capital LLC bought a new stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF during the fourth quarter worth about $220,142,000. Finally, Prime Capital Investment Advisors LLC boosted its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 30,577.4% during the fourth quarter. Prime Capital Investment Advisors LLC now owns 8,307,734 shares of the company’s stock worth $191,410,000 after acquiring an additional 8,280,653 shares in the last quarter.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Stock Performance

BATS:GOVT opened at $22.70 on Friday. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $22.39 and its 200-day simple moving average is $22.62.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 7th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 3rd were paid a $0.0594 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 3rd. This is an increase 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.