Calamos Advisors LLC Takes Position in iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF $IUSG

Calamos Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in shares of iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF (NASDAQ:IUSG) in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm purchased 4,171 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $647,000.

Other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Valpey Financial Services LLC lifted its position in iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF by 16,640.2% in the 4th quarter. Valpey Financial Services LLC now owns 3,525,312 shares of the company’s stock valued at $592,041,000 after acquiring an additional 3,504,253 shares in the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE raised its stake in shares of iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF by 4.4% in the fourth quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 43,507,215 shares of the company’s stock worth $7,306,602,000 after purchasing an additional 1,853,499 shares during the last quarter. SHP Wealth Management purchased a new position in shares of iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF in the fourth quarter worth $78,328,000. Kestra Investment Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF by 40.5% during the fourth quarter. Kestra Investment Management LLC now owns 1,131,808 shares of the company’s stock valued at $190,076,000 after purchasing an additional 326,483 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Bleakley Financial Group LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF by 2,061.6% during the fourth quarter. Bleakley Financial Group LLC now owns 228,719 shares of the company’s stock valued at $38,411,000 after purchasing an additional 218,138 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF Price Performance

iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF stock opened at $186.24 on Friday. iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF has a one year low of $148.39 and a one year high of $193.85. The stock has a market capitalization of $31.87 billion, a PE ratio of 32.52 and a beta of 1.16. The business’s fifty day moving average is $186.92 and its 200 day moving average is $173.73.

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

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 18th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 15th were paid a dividend of $0.2356 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 15th. This represents a $0.94 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.5%. This is an increase from iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.18.

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.