Royal Bank of Canada Acquires 20,655 Shares of iShares Russell 2000 Value ETF $IWN

Royal Bank of Canada boosted its holdings in iShares Russell 2000 Value ETF (NYSEARCA:IWN) by 3.9% in the first quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 553,944 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 20,655 shares during the period. Royal Bank of Canada’s holdings in iShares Russell 2000 Value ETF were worth $105,024,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. Quantinno Capital Management LP raised its holdings in shares of iShares Russell 2000 Value ETF by 55.6% during the first quarter. Quantinno Capital Management LP now owns 10,956 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,077,000 after purchasing an additional 3,917 shares during the last quarter. Bradley Foster & Sargent Inc. CT lifted its position in iShares Russell 2000 Value ETF by 10.0% during the first quarter. Bradley Foster & Sargent Inc. CT now owns 1,445 shares of the company’s stock valued at $274,000 after purchasing an additional 131 shares during the period. Pennington Partners & CO. LLC purchased a new stake in iShares Russell 2000 Value ETF in the first quarter worth approximately $508,000. Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio boosted its holdings in iShares Russell 2000 Value ETF by 146.2% in the first quarter. Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio now owns 15,315 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,904,000 after purchasing an additional 9,095 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Compound Planning Inc. boosted its holdings in iShares Russell 2000 Value ETF by 28.2% in the first quarter. Compound Planning Inc. now owns 3,337 shares of the company’s stock worth $633,000 after purchasing an additional 735 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 74.70% of the company’s stock.

iShares Russell 2000 Value ETF Trading Down 0.2%

NYSEARCA:IWN opened at $221.24 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $14.33 billion, a PE ratio of 14.35 and a beta of 1.01. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $218.23 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $205.26. iShares Russell 2000 Value ETF has a 12 month low of $155.54 and a 12 month high of $224.49.

iShares Russell 2000 Value ETF Company Profile

iShares Russell 2000 Value ETF, formerly Ishares Trust Russel 2000 (the Fund), formerly iShares Russell 2000 Value Index Fund, is an exchange traded fund. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the Russell 2000 Value Index (the Index). The Index measures the performance of equity securities of Russell 2000 Index issuers with relatively lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth. The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index.