iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:IJR) Sets New 52-Week High – Should You Buy?

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:IJR)’s stock price reached a new 52-week high on Monday . The stock traded as high as $145.06 and last traded at $144.59, with a volume of 354442 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at $143.67.

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF Price Performance

The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $135.66 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $129.12. The firm has a market capitalization of $107.44 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.52 and a beta of 1.02.

Institutional Trading of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Livet Wealth LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 1.2% in the first quarter. Livet Wealth LLC now owns 6,258 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $778,000 after acquiring an additional 75 shares in the last quarter. Pasadena Private Wealth LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 0.7% in 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 acquiring an additional 76 shares in the last quarter. Flavin Financial Services Inc. raised its holdings in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 0.4% in the fourth quarter. Flavin Financial Services Inc. now owns 18,630 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,239,000 after acquiring an additional 78 shares in the last quarter. Essential Partners LLC raised its holdings in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 5.5% in the first quarter. Essential Partners LLC now owns 1,494 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $186,000 after acquiring an additional 78 shares in the last quarter. Finally, First Trust Advisors LP raised its holdings in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 1.7% in the fourth quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 4,651 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $559,000 after acquiring an additional 78 shares in the last quarter. 66.92% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF Company 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.