Willis Investment Counsel Buys New Holdings in iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF $IJH

Willis Investment Counsel purchased a new position in shares of iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:IJH) in the third quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund purchased 16,164 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,163,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Bank of New York Mellon Corp increased its stake in iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF by 0.3% in the first quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 58,734,173 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,966,319,000 after acquiring an additional 188,450 shares during the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. raised its position in iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF by 3.2% during the second quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 37,195,080 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,868,113,000 after purchasing an additional 1,156,205 shares in the last quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. raised its position in iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF by 1.7% during the first quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 15,872,639 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,071,879,000 after purchasing an additional 260,163 shares in the last quarter. Keybank National Association OH lifted its stake in iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF by 1.0% during the first quarter. Keybank National Association OH now owns 9,151,043 shares of the company’s stock worth $617,970,000 after purchasing an additional 93,832 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC lifted its stake in iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF by 6.3% during the first quarter. Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC now owns 8,281,613 shares of the company’s stock worth $559,257,000 after purchasing an additional 489,160 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 14.60% of the company’s stock.

iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF Stock Up 0.8%

Shares of IJH stock traded up $0.56 during trading hours on Tuesday, reaching $72.94. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 4,169,170 shares, compared to its average volume of 10,549,755. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $74.57 and its 200-day simple moving average is $74.31. The company has a market capitalization of $122.25 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.00 and a beta of 1.02. iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF has a fifty-two week low of $62.22 and a fifty-two week high of $78.71.

About iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF

Ishares S&P Midcap 400 Index Fund, formerly The iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF (the Fund), seeks investment results that correspond to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the United States mid-cap stocks, as represented by the Standard & Poor’s MidCap 400 (the Underlying Index). The Underlying Index measures the performance of the mid-capitalization sector of the United States equity market. The Underlying Index consists of stocks from a range of industries. Components include financial, industrials, and information technology companies.