Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. Purchases Shares of 16,941 iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT)

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. purchased a new stake in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) during the third quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm purchased 16,941 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $397,000.

A number of other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in GOVT. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. increased its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 14.4% in the second quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 57,384,743 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,295,174,000 after buying an additional 7,203,276 shares during the period. LPL Financial LLC increased its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 6.6% in the second quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 104,237,657 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,352,644,000 after buying an additional 6,443,351 shares during the period. School Employees Retirement Board of Ohio purchased a new position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF in the second quarter worth about $84,018,000. Cetera Investment Advisers increased its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 581.8% in the first quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 3,177,425 shares of the company’s stock worth $72,350,000 after buying an additional 2,711,371 shares during the period. Finally, PNC Financial Services Group Inc. increased its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 7.8% in the third quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 36,625,741 shares of the company’s stock worth $858,874,000 after buying an additional 2,642,472 shares during the period.

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

GOVT opened at $22.87 on Thursday. The business has a 50 day moving average of $22.98 and a 200-day moving average of $22.91.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 6th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 3rd were issued a dividend of $0.0629 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, September 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.