Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI Grows Holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF $GOVT

Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI raised its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) by 93.1% during the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 29,451 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 14,199 shares during the period. Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI’s holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF were worth $677,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in GOVT. IFP Advisors Inc grew its position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 22.6% in the first quarter. IFP Advisors Inc now owns 29,306 shares of the company’s stock worth $674,000 after acquiring an additional 5,404 shares in the last quarter. Wealth Alliance LLC lifted its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 5.0% during the first quarter. Wealth Alliance LLC now owns 13,838 shares of the company’s stock worth $318,000 after purchasing an additional 663 shares during the last quarter. PFG Advisors boosted its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 9.9% in the 1st quarter. PFG Advisors now owns 69,566 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,599,000 after purchasing an additional 6,238 shares in the last quarter. VSM Wealth Advisory LLC bought a new position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF during the 1st quarter valued at about $26,000. Finally, SYM FINANCIAL Corp increased its position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 5.9% during the 1st quarter. SYM FINANCIAL Corp now owns 3,261,250 shares of the company’s stock valued at $74,960,000 after purchasing an additional 181,676 shares during the last quarter.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Stock Up 0.1%

BATS:GOVT opened at $23.13 on Wednesday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $23.17 and a 200 day moving average price of $22.92.

About iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF

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.