Brown Advisory Inc. Increases Stock Position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF $GOVT

Brown Advisory Inc. boosted its stake in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVTFree Report) by 50.7% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 2,912,578 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 980,099 shares during the quarter. Brown Advisory Inc. owned 0.24% of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF worth $67,062,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of GOVT. Jane Street Group LLC boosted its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 365.6% during the first quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 366,986 shares of the company’s stock worth $8,435,000 after buying an additional 288,160 shares during the period. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd purchased a new position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF during the second quarter worth about $523,000. Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp purchased a new position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF during the second quarter worth about $217,000. Raymond James Financial Inc. boosted its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 48.7% during the second quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 2,346,330 shares of the company’s stock worth $53,919,000 after buying an additional 768,431 shares during the period. Finally, Ameriprise Financial Inc. boosted its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 11.2% during the second quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 5,744,707 shares of the company’s stock worth $132,038,000 after buying an additional 577,005 shares during the period.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Price Performance

Shares of GOVT opened at $22.71 on Monday. iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF has a 1 year low of $22.47 and a 1 year high of $23.39. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $22.77 and its 200-day simple moving average is $22.96.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Company Profile

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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.

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Institutional Ownership by Quarter for iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT)

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