iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF $GOVT Shares Purchased by Verus Capital Partners LLC

Verus Capital Partners LLC raised its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) by 112.3% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 89,032 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 47,101 shares during the period. Verus Capital Partners LLC’s holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF were worth $2,040,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the stock. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its stake in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 20.3% during the 1st quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 474,769,940 shares of the company’s stock worth $10,876,979,000 after acquiring an additional 80,062,969 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 366.1% during the fourth quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 195,076,828 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,491,644,000 after purchasing an additional 153,219,429 shares during the period. LPL Financial LLC raised its position in shares of 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 period. Jump Financial LLC purchased a new stake in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF during the third quarter valued at $1,716,964,000. Finally, Truist Financial Corp lifted its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 3.4% during the fourth quarter. Truist Financial Corp now owns 71,006,495 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,634,925,000 after purchasing an additional 2,302,272 shares during the last quarter.

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

BATS:GOVT opened at $22.45 on Friday. iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF has a 1-year low of $22.41 and a 1-year high of $23.39. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $22.65 and a 200 day simple moving average of $22.85.

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.