iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF $GOVT Shares Sold by Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB

Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB cut its holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) by 95.8% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 16,649 shares of the company’s stock after selling 379,238 shares during the quarter. Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB’s holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF were worth $385,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in GOVT. Bank of America Corp DE grew its holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 2.8% in the second quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 321,504,611 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,388,176,000 after purchasing an additional 8,760,376 shares during the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. grew its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 0.6% in the 2nd quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 74,588,153 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,714,024,000 after acquiring an additional 470,264 shares during the last quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. grew its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 0.3% in the 2nd quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 41,157,180 shares of the company’s stock valued at $945,792,000 after acquiring an additional 121,143 shares during the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 7.4% during the 2nd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 40,314,805 shares of the company’s stock valued at $926,434,000 after acquiring an additional 2,794,537 shares in the last quarter. Finally, TIAA Trust National Association raised its position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 17,484.2% during the second quarter. TIAA Trust National Association now owns 30,751,087 shares of the company’s stock worth $705,040,000 after acquiring an additional 30,576,208 shares during the last quarter.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Price Performance

Shares of BATS GOVT traded down $0.05 on Tuesday, hitting $23.03. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 6,575,084 shares. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $23.10 and a 200 day simple moving average of $23.04.

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.