iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF $GOVT Shares Acquired by Theory Financial LLC

Theory Financial LLC raised its position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) by 700.9% during the 1st quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 144,851 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 126,764 shares during the quarter. Theory Financial LLC’s holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF were worth $3,319,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 366.1% in the 4th quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 195,076,828 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,491,644,000 after acquiring an additional 153,219,429 shares in the last quarter. Jump Financial LLC acquired a new stake in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $1,716,964,000. Bank of America Corp DE raised its position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 9.0% during the 4th quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 394,706,971 shares of the company’s stock valued at $9,088,128,000 after acquiring an additional 32,568,450 shares in the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. lifted its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 2,261.5% during the fourth quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 13,244,325 shares of the company’s stock worth $305,017,000 after purchasing an additional 12,683,472 shares during the last quarter. Finally, LPL Financial LLC lifted its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 7.1% during the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 119,087,423 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,741,988,000 after purchasing an additional 7,886,409 shares during the last quarter.

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

GOVT stock opened at $22.61 on Thursday. iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF has a 1-year low of $22.47 and a 1-year high of $23.39. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $22.68 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $22.89.

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.