iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF $GOVT Shares Bought by Blue Trust Inc.

Blue Trust Inc. raised its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) by 351.7% in the first quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 279,187 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 217,382 shares during the quarter. Blue Trust Inc.’s holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF were worth $6,396,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the business. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 9.0% in the 4th quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 394,706,971 shares of the company’s stock worth $9,088,128,000 after purchasing an additional 32,568,450 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 366.1% in the fourth quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 195,076,828 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,491,644,000 after purchasing an additional 153,219,429 shares in the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC grew its position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 7.1% in the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 119,087,423 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,741,988,000 after purchasing an additional 7,886,409 shares in the last quarter. Jump Financial LLC acquired a new stake in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF in the third quarter valued at approximately $1,716,964,000. Finally, Truist Financial Corp increased its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 3.4% in the fourth quarter. Truist Financial Corp now owns 71,006,495 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,634,925,000 after purchasing an additional 2,302,272 shares during the last quarter.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Trading Up 0.5%

Shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF stock opened at $22.82 on Thursday. iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF has a one year low of $22.47 and a one year high of $23.39. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $22.75 and its 200 day moving average price is $22.93.

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.