Missouri Education Pension Trust Acquires Shares of 830,221 iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF $IJR

Missouri Education Pension Trust acquired a new stake in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:IJR) in the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund acquired 830,221 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $99,776,000. iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF comprises 28.6% of Missouri Education Pension Trust’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 2nd biggest position.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Zhang Financial LLC grew its stake in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 3.1% in the fourth quarter. Zhang Financial LLC now owns 17,406 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,092,000 after acquiring an additional 522 shares during the period. Valpey Financial Services LLC boosted its position in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 12,132.4% during the fourth quarter. Valpey Financial Services LLC now owns 1,405,019 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $168,855,000 after buying an additional 1,393,533 shares during the last quarter. Fiducient Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 1.8% during the fourth quarter. Fiducient Advisors LLC now owns 149,923 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $18,018,000 after buying an additional 2,675 shares during the last quarter. Basepoint Wealth LLC purchased a new position in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $191,000. Finally, Pasadena Private Wealth LLC boosted its position in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 0.7% during the fourth quarter. Pasadena Private Wealth LLC now owns 10,543 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,267,000 after buying an additional 76 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 66.92% of the company’s stock.

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF Stock Down 0.8%

Shares of NYSEARCA:IJR opened at $138.66 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $103.53 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.52 and a beta of 1.03. iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF has a 12-month low of $103.75 and a 12-month high of $140.53. The business’s 50 day moving average is $132.32 and its 200 day moving average is $127.38.

About iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

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.