iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) Shares Bought by AE Wealth Management LLC

AE Wealth Management LLC grew its stake in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) by 27.9% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 1,543,447 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 336,864 shares during the quarter. AE Wealth Management LLC owned 0.14% of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF worth $34,836,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the stock. Clifford Group LLC lifted its stake in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 4.5% during the second quarter. Clifford Group LLC now owns 31,121 shares of the company’s stock worth $702,000 after purchasing an additional 1,332 shares in the last quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC increased its position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 109.3% during the second quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC now owns 577,617 shares of the company’s stock worth $13,037,000 after acquiring an additional 301,669 shares during the last quarter. Waterloo Capital L.P. increased its position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 15.9% during the second quarter. Waterloo Capital L.P. now owns 51,387 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,160,000 after acquiring an additional 7,034 shares during the last quarter. True Vision MN LLC increased its position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 5.0% during the second quarter. True Vision MN LLC now owns 40,570 shares of the company’s stock worth $916,000 after acquiring an additional 1,920 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Perennial Investment Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 2.8% during the second quarter. Perennial Investment Advisors LLC now owns 58,756 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,326,000 after acquiring an additional 1,609 shares during the last quarter.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Stock Performance

Shares of BATS GOVT opened at $23.52 on Friday. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $23.18 and its 200-day simple moving average is $22.73.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 6th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, September 3rd were given a dividend of $0.0629 per share. This is a positive change from iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.06. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, September 3rd.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF 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.