iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF $GOVT Shares Purchased by Meridian Wealth Management LLC

Meridian Wealth Management LLC grew its stake in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) by 4.9% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 484,147 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 22,441 shares during the quarter. Meridian Wealth Management LLC’s holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF were worth $11,193,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of GOVT. Bank of America Corp DE grew its position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 2.8% in the 2nd quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 321,504,611 shares of the company’s stock valued at $7,388,176,000 after buying an additional 8,760,376 shares during the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. boosted its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 0.6% in the second 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 in the last quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. grew its holdings in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 0.3% during the second quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 41,157,180 shares of the company’s stock worth $945,792,000 after purchasing an additional 121,143 shares during the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased its position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 7.4% during the second quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 40,314,805 shares of the company’s stock worth $926,434,000 after purchasing an additional 2,794,537 shares in the last quarter. Finally, TIAA Trust National Association increased its position in shares of 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 purchasing an additional 30,576,208 shares in the last quarter.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Stock Down 0.0%

Shares of BATS GOVT opened at $23.04 on Friday. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $23.08 and a 200-day moving average price of $23.06.

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.