iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF $GOVT Shares Acquired by Ascentis Independent Advisors

Ascentis Independent Advisors increased its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) by 940.6% in the first quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 246,398 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 222,719 shares during the quarter. Ascentis Independent Advisors’ holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF were worth $5,645,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. BTG Pactual Asset Management US LLC bought a new stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF in the third quarter valued at about $27,000. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. increased its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 477.8% in the 4th quarter. Thurston Springer Miller Herd & Titak Inc. now owns 1,225 shares of the company’s stock valued at $28,000 after acquiring an additional 1,013 shares during the last quarter. Toronto Dominion Bank acquired a new position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF in the 4th quarter valued at about $29,000. Raleigh Capital Management Inc. raised its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 1,593.0% during the fourth quarter. Raleigh Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,456 shares of the company’s stock worth $34,000 after acquiring an additional 1,370 shares during the period. Finally, Birchwood Financial Partners Inc. bought a new position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF in the fourth quarter worth about $40,000.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Stock Performance

Shares of GOVT stock opened at $22.69 on Monday. The business has a 50 day moving average of $22.72 and a two-hundred day moving average of $22.92. iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF has a 52 week low of $22.47 and a 52 week high of $23.39.

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.