iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF $GOVT Shares Sold by NorthCrest Asset Manangement LLC

NorthCrest Asset Manangement LLC decreased its stake in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) by 74.1% in the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 43,149 shares of the company’s stock after selling 123,749 shares during the quarter. NorthCrest Asset Manangement LLC’s holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF were worth $944,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Bank of America Corp DE grew its stake in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 20.3% in the first 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 during the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. increased its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 8.6% during the second quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 167,199,210 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,808,755,000 after acquiring an additional 13,304,992 shares in the last quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. raised its position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 3.3% in the 1st quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 54,704,163 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,253,272,000 after purchasing an additional 1,756,317 shares during the last quarter. Assetmark Inc. raised its position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 4.7% in the 1st quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 26,176,498 shares of the company’s stock worth $599,704,000 after purchasing an additional 1,186,252 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Cetera Investment Advisers raised its position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 144.8% in the 1st quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 10,135,363 shares of the company’s stock worth $232,201,000 after purchasing an additional 5,995,250 shares during the last quarter.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Trading Up 0.5%

Shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF stock opened at $22.05 on Friday. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $22.20 and its 200 day moving average is $22.53. iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF has a 1 year low of $21.73 and a 1 year high of $23.39.

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.