Janney Montgomery Scott LLC Raises Holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF $GOVT

Janney Montgomery Scott LLC boosted its position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVTFree Report) by 179.0% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 6,588,546 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 4,226,644 shares during the quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC owned about 0.55% of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF worth $150,944,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in GOVT. Trilogy Capital Inc. lifted its stake in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 2.0% in the first quarter. Trilogy Capital Inc. now owns 1,115,125 shares of the company’s stock worth $25,548,000 after buying an additional 21,891 shares in the last quarter. Traveka Wealth LLC boosted its position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 97.4% during the first quarter. Traveka Wealth LLC now owns 324,769 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,440,000 after acquiring an additional 160,271 shares during the last quarter. FLP Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF during the 1st quarter valued at about $54,000. FWG Investments LLC. purchased a new stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF during the 1st quarter valued at about $472,000. Finally, Merkkuri Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF in the 1st quarter valued at about $847,000.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Trading Up 0.1%

GOVT stock opened at $22.85 on Friday. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $22.74 and a two-hundred day moving average of $22.93. iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF has a 12 month low of $22.47 and a 12 month high of $23.39.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Company Profile

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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.

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Institutional Ownership by Quarter for iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT)

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