iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) Shares Purchased by Thrivent Financial for Lutherans

Thrivent Financial for Lutherans grew its stake in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) by 27.0% in the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 1,899,007 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 404,195 shares during the quarter. Thrivent Financial for Lutherans’ holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF were worth $43,533,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors have also modified their holdings of the company. LPL Financial LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 3.4% during the third quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 107,763,508 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,527,054,000 after purchasing an additional 3,525,851 shares during the last quarter. Truist Financial Corp lifted its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 2.4% during the fourth quarter. Truist Financial Corp now owns 66,956,719 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,538,665,000 after buying an additional 1,543,834 shares in the last quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. lifted its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 8.7% during the fourth quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 39,816,820 shares of the company’s stock valued at $914,991,000 after buying an additional 3,191,079 shares in the last quarter. Allworth Financial LP boosted its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 15.4% in the fourth quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 33,236,595 shares of the company’s stock worth $747,159,000 after buying an additional 4,437,105 shares during the period. Finally, Assetmark Inc. raised its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 16.2% during the fourth quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 21,409,555 shares of the company’s stock valued at $491,992,000 after acquiring an additional 2,990,094 shares during the period.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Price Performance

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF stock opened at $22.92 on Thursday. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $22.63 and a 200 day moving average price of $22.84.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently declared a dividend, which was paid on Thursday, March 6th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 3rd were issued a dividend of $0.0613 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, March 3rd.

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.