Mill Creek Capital Advisors LLC Has $53.62 Million Stock Position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT)

Mill Creek Capital Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) by 0.5% in the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 2,333,330 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 12,575 shares during the period. iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF comprises 1.3% of Mill Creek Capital Advisors LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 13th largest holding. Mill Creek Capital Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF were worth $53,620,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of GOVT. LPL Financial LLC increased its stake in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 3.4% in the third quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 107,763,508 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,527,054,000 after purchasing an additional 3,525,851 shares during the period. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. grew its position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 7.8% during the third quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 36,625,741 shares of the company’s stock worth $858,874,000 after buying an additional 2,642,472 shares in the last quarter. Allworth Financial LP grew its position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 2.6% during the third quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 28,799,490 shares of the company’s stock worth $675,348,000 after buying an additional 735,803 shares in the last quarter. Assetmark Inc. grew its position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 3.6% during the third quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 18,419,461 shares of the company’s stock worth $431,936,000 after buying an additional 639,816 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Mutual Advisors LLC grew its position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 18.2% during the fourth quarter. Mutual Advisors LLC now owns 11,332,555 shares of the company’s stock worth $254,473,000 after buying an additional 1,741,584 shares in the last quarter.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Stock Performance

GOVT stock opened at $22.59 on Tuesday. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $22.57 and its 200-day moving average price is $22.92.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, February 6th. Investors of record on Monday, February 3rd were given a dividend of $0.0674 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, February 3rd. This is an increase from iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF’s previous dividend of $0.06.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF 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.