Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC Increases Stake in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF $IJR

Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC lifted its position in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:IJR) by 2.3% in the 1st quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 705,455 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 16,129 shares during the period. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC’s holdings in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF were worth $87,695,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Bank of America Corp DE increased its position 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 purchasing an additional 1,901,134 shares during the period. Northwestern Mutual Investment Management Company LLC lifted its position in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 35.0% in the 4th quarter. Northwestern Mutual Investment Management Company LLC now owns 6,236,257 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $749,473,000 after purchasing an additional 1,617,116 shares during the period. Valpey Financial Services LLC boosted its stake 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 purchasing an additional 1,393,533 shares in the last quarter. Nationwide Fund Advisors boosted its stake in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 98.8% during the fourth quarter. Nationwide Fund Advisors now owns 2,103,860 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $252,842,000 after purchasing an additional 1,045,425 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. increased its holdings in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 2.5% during the third quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 42,327,458 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $5,029,772,000 after buying an additional 1,024,536 shares during the period. 66.92% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF Stock Performance

NYSEARCA:IJR traded up $0.09 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $145.56. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 2,329,584 shares, compared to its average volume of 5,445,955. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $140.78 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $132.29. The company has a market capitalization of $109.42 billion, a P/E ratio of 16.52 and a beta of 1.01. iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF has a 12 month low of $107.08 and a 12 month high of $149.35.

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.