Parallel Advisors LLC Grows Position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT)

Parallel Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) by 23.9% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 97,607 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 18,814 shares during the quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF were worth $2,249,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the business. FMR LLC increased its position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 8.5% in the third quarter. FMR LLC now owns 85,547,733 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,885,472,000 after buying an additional 6,707,884 shares in the last quarter. Allworth Financial LP increased its position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 2.0% during the 4th quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 25,183,931 shares of the company’s stock worth $580,238,000 after purchasing an additional 486,526 shares in the last quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. increased its position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 33.1% during the 3rd quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 17,819,469 shares of the company’s stock worth $392,741,000 after purchasing an additional 4,427,187 shares in the last quarter. Assetmark Inc. increased its position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 2.5% during the 4th quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 16,665,186 shares of the company’s stock worth $383,966,000 after purchasing an additional 408,054 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. increased its position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 64.7% during the 4th quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 14,350,003 shares of the company’s stock worth $330,624,000 after purchasing an additional 5,635,763 shares in the last quarter.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Price Performance

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF stock opened at $22.33 on Wednesday. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $22.39 and its 200-day moving average is $22.59.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Friday, April 5th. Shareholders of record on Tuesday, April 2nd were given a dividend of $0.0583 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, April 1st. This is a positive change from iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.05.

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.