Apollon Financial LLC Raises Stock Holdings in iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF $IUSG

Apollon Financial LLC grew its stake in iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF (NASDAQ:IUSG) by 40.2% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 3,610 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,036 shares during the quarter. Apollon Financial LLC’s holdings in iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF were worth $543,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Brown Advisory Inc. lifted its position in iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF by 8.5% during the first quarter. Brown Advisory Inc. now owns 2,618 shares of the company’s stock worth $333,000 after buying an additional 206 shares during the period. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC lifted its position in iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF by 192.5% during the first quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC now owns 26,802 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,437,000 after buying an additional 17,638 shares during the period. Cerity Partners LLC lifted its position in iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF by 23.4% during the first quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 8,274 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,051,000 after buying an additional 1,570 shares during the period. Greenleaf Trust purchased a new position in iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF during the second quarter worth about $244,000. Finally, Johnson Investment Counsel Inc. purchased a new position in iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF during the first quarter worth about $235,000.

iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF Trading Down 3.1%

NASDAQ IUSG opened at $161.21 on Friday. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $160.27 and its 200 day moving average price is $146.63. iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF has a twelve month low of $108.91 and a twelve month high of $167.15. The company has a market capitalization of $24.75 billion, a PE ratio of 32.52 and a beta of 1.06.

iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 19th. Investors of record on Tuesday, September 16th were given a dividend of $0.2487 per share. This represents a $0.99 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.6%. This is a boost from iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.21. The ex-dividend date was Tuesday, September 16th.

iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF Profile

The iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF (IUSG) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the S&P 900 Growth index. The fund tracks an index of US large- and mid-cap growth stocks. The index selects from stocks ranked 1-3000 by market cap based on fundamental growth factors. IUSG was launched on Jul 24, 2000 and is managed by BlackRock.