Clark Capital Management Group Inc. Acquires 438,164 Shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF $IJR

Clark Capital Management Group Inc. raised its holdings in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:IJR) by 34.7% in the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 1,700,959 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 438,164 shares during the quarter. iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF makes up approximately 1.2% of Clark Capital Management Group Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its 14th largest holding. Clark Capital Management Group Inc.’s holdings in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF were worth $204,421,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in IJR. Brighton Jones LLC raised its position in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 24.3% during the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 29,944 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $3,450,000 after acquiring an additional 5,853 shares during the last quarter. Heck Capital Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF during the fourth quarter worth $55,011,000. AQR Capital Management LLC boosted its position in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 80.7% during the first quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 17,964 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,878,000 after purchasing an additional 8,025 shares in the last quarter. Millennium Management LLC bought a new position in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF during the first quarter worth $5,503,000. Finally, United Bank boosted its position in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 4.8% during the second quarter. United Bank now owns 32,876 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $3,593,000 after purchasing an additional 1,495 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 66.92% of the company’s stock.

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF Stock Down 0.5%

Shares of NYSEARCA IJR opened at $142.62 on Wednesday. The company’s fifty day moving average is $136.37 and its 200-day moving average is $129.43. The stock has a market cap of $106.49 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.52 and a beta of 1.02. iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF has a twelve month low of $105.15 and a twelve month high of $145.06.

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.