iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF $IJR Shares Acquired by St. Louis Trust Co

St. Louis Trust Co lifted its holdings in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:IJR) by 2.8% in the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 561,897 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 15,514 shares during the period. iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF accounts for approximately 7.7% of St. Louis Trust Co’s portfolio, making the stock its 4th biggest holding. St. Louis Trust Co’s holdings in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF were worth $67,529,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in IJR. Jones Financial Companies Lllp boosted its position in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 549.5% during the third quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 14,885,601 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,763,740,000 after buying an additional 12,593,909 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its position in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 60.1% during the third quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 5,138,062 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $610,556,000 after buying an additional 1,928,405 shares during the period. Northwestern Mutual Investment Management Company LLC boosted its position in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 35.0% during the fourth quarter. Northwestern Mutual Investment Management Company LLC now owns 6,236,257 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $749,473,000 after buying an additional 1,617,116 shares during the period. Nationwide Fund Advisors boosted its position in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 98.8% during the fourth quarter. Nationwide Fund Advisors now owns 2,103,860 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $252,842,000 after buying an additional 1,045,425 shares during the period. Finally, Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. boosted its position in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 2.5% during the third quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 42,327,458 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $5,029,772,000 after buying an additional 1,024,536 shares during the period. 66.92% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF Trading Up 0.8%

Shares of NYSEARCA IJR opened at $137.40 on Friday. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $130.68 and a 200-day simple moving average of $126.64. The company has a market cap of $102.59 billion, a PE ratio of 16.52 and a beta of 1.03. iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF has a 12-month low of $102.57 and a 12-month high of $139.49.

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF Profile

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF, formerly iShares S&P SmallCap 600 Index Fund, seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the Standard & Poor’s SmallCap 600 Index (the Index). The Index measures the performance of publicly traded securities in the small-capitalization sector of the United States equity market. The Index serves as the underlying index for the S&P 600/Citigroup Growth and Value Index series. The component stocks are weighted according to the total float-adjusted market value of their outstanding shares.