Cetera Investment Advisers Boosts Stock Position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT)

Cetera Investment Advisers boosted its stake in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) by 2.2% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 3,895,842 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 84,414 shares during the quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers owned about 0.34% of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF worth $89,526,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Bank of America Corp DE increased its stake in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 12.5% in the fourth quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 423,933,669 shares of the company’s stock worth $9,741,996,000 after acquiring an additional 47,213,558 shares during the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 343.4% during the fourth quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 49,365,745 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,134,425,000 after buying an additional 38,232,721 shares in the last quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 56.7% during the 4th quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 20,088,596 shares of the company’s stock valued at $461,636,000 after acquiring an additional 7,266,546 shares in the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC grew its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 5.0% in the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 113,104,408 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,599,139,000 after acquiring an additional 5,340,900 shares during the period. Finally, Allworth Financial LP boosted its position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 15.4% during the fourth quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 33,236,595 shares of the company’s stock worth $747,159,000 after purchasing an additional 4,437,105 shares during the period.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Stock Down 0.2 %

GOVT opened at $22.77 on Tuesday. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $22.88 and a 200-day moving average of $22.72.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 6th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 3rd were issued a dividend of $0.0613 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 3rd.

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.