Principal Securities Inc. Has $5.19 Million Stock Holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT)

Principal Securities Inc. lifted its stake in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) by 4.4% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 225,773 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 9,440 shares during the period. Principal Securities Inc.’s holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF were worth $5,188,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the stock. LPL Financial LLC raised its position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 3.4% during the third quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 107,763,508 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,527,054,000 after purchasing an additional 3,525,851 shares during the period. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. raised its position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 7.8% during the third quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 36,625,741 shares of the company’s stock worth $858,874,000 after purchasing an additional 2,642,472 shares during the period. Allworth Financial LP raised its position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 2.6% during the third quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 28,799,490 shares of the company’s stock worth $675,348,000 after purchasing an additional 735,803 shares during the period. Assetmark Inc. raised its position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 3.6% during the third quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 18,419,461 shares of the company’s stock worth $431,936,000 after purchasing an additional 639,816 shares during the period. Finally, Mutual Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 18.2% during the fourth quarter. Mutual Advisors LLC now owns 11,332,555 shares of the company’s stock worth $254,473,000 after purchasing an additional 1,741,584 shares during the period.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Trading Up 0.3 %

BATS:GOVT opened at $22.63 on Monday. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $22.54 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $22.91.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, February 6th. Investors of record on Monday, February 3rd were given a dividend of $0.0674 per share. This is a positive change from iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.06. The ex-dividend date was Monday, February 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.