Ameriprise Financial Inc. Sells 49,805 Shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT)

Ameriprise Financial Inc. decreased its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) by 0.8% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 6,060,377 shares of the company’s stock after selling 49,805 shares during the period. Ameriprise Financial Inc. owned about 0.54% of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF worth $139,167,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in GOVT. Union Bancaire Privee UBP SA bought a new position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF in the fourth quarter valued at $25,000. OLD Point Trust & Financial Services N A bought a new position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF during the 4th quarter valued at about $26,000. Frazier Financial Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF during the 4th quarter valued at about $30,000. PSI Advisors LLC bought a new stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF in the 4th quarter worth approximately $34,000. Finally, Raleigh Capital Management Inc. boosted its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 123.0% in the fourth quarter. Raleigh Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,777 shares of the company’s stock worth $41,000 after buying an additional 980 shares in the last quarter.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Trading Up 0.2 %

GOVT stock opened at $22.85 on Thursday. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $22.87 and its 200 day simple moving average is $22.72.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

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

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.