QRG Capital Management Inc. Grows Stock Position in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF $IJR

QRG Capital Management Inc. boosted its holdings in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:IJR) by 101.1% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 17,339 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 8,719 shares during the period. QRG Capital Management Inc.’s holdings in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF were worth $2,155,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in IJR. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. increased its stake in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 0.6% during the 4th quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 42,562,587 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $5,115,172,000 after purchasing an additional 235,129 shares in the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE grew its holdings in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 6.0% during the 4th quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 33,605,423 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $4,038,700,000 after buying an additional 1,901,134 shares during the last quarter. Morgan Stanley grew its holdings in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 0.5% during the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 18,064,089 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,170,943,000 after buying an additional 86,538 shares during the last quarter. LPL Financial LLC increased its position in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 6.0% during the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 17,525,618 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,106,229,000 after buying an additional 992,984 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Raymond James Financial Inc. increased its position in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 2.7% during the fourth quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 14,095,517 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,693,999,000 after buying an additional 366,136 shares in the last quarter. 66.92% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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

Shares of NYSEARCA IJR traded down $1.18 during trading on Tuesday, reaching $145.63. The company had a trading volume of 436,590 shares, compared to its average volume of 5,494,348. iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF has a twelve month low of $107.08 and a twelve month high of $149.35. The stock has a market capitalization of $109.35 billion, a PE ratio of 16.52 and a beta of 1.01. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $139.82 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $131.54.

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.