iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF $GOVT Shares Bought by Simplicity Wealth LLC

Simplicity Wealth LLC increased its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) by 255.4% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 240,115 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 172,561 shares during the quarter. Simplicity Wealth LLC’s holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF were worth $5,501,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of GOVT. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its stake in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 9.0% in the 4th quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 394,706,971 shares of the company’s stock worth $9,088,128,000 after acquiring an additional 32,568,450 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its holdings in 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 in the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC lifted its position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 7.1% in 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 bought a new position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF during the 3rd quarter valued at $1,716,964,000. Finally, Truist Financial Corp boosted its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 3.4% during the 4th 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 in the last quarter.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Stock Down 0.1%

Shares of GOVT stock traded down $0.02 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $22.58. 7,907,536 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 10,195,545. iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF has a twelve month low of $22.47 and a twelve month high of $23.39. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $22.70 and its 200-day simple moving average is $22.90.

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.