Stratos Wealth Advisors LLC Reduces Holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF $GOVT

Stratos Wealth Advisors LLC lowered its position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF (BATS:GOVT) by 78.2% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 29,729 shares of the company’s stock after selling 106,457 shares during the period. Stratos Wealth Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF were worth $685,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Several other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in GOVT. Merit Financial Group LLC increased its position in shares of iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 57.7% during the 3rd quarter. Merit Financial Group LLC now owns 2,753,378 shares of the company’s stock worth $63,658,000 after purchasing an additional 1,007,786 shares during the last quarter. Dynasty Wealth Management LLC lifted its position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 107.7% in the third quarter. Dynasty Wealth Management LLC now owns 220,546 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,099,000 after buying an additional 114,355 shares during the last quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. lifted its position in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 9.0% in the third quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 865,293 shares of the company’s stock valued at $20,006,000 after buying an additional 71,185 shares during the last quarter. Bailard Inc. boosted its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 14.7% during the third quarter. Bailard Inc. now owns 1,559,396 shares of the company’s stock worth $36,053,000 after buying an additional 200,018 shares during the period. Finally, Cerity Partners OCIO LLC boosted its stake in iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF by 4.3% during the third quarter. Cerity Partners OCIO LLC now owns 534,247 shares of the company’s stock worth $12,352,000 after buying an additional 22,251 shares during the period.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Stock Performance

Shares of GOVT opened at $22.88 on Monday. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $23.05 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $23.10. iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF has a 1-year low of $22.48 and a 1-year high of $23.39.

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Company 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.