World Investment Advisors Boosts Stake in iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF $IWO

World Investment Advisors boosted its stake in shares of iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:IWO) by 22.4% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 8,249 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,510 shares during the period. World Investment Advisors’ holdings in iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF were worth $2,589,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. AQR Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF by 20.0% in the first quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 11,492 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,937,000 after acquiring an additional 1,918 shares during the period. Rhumbline Advisers raised its holdings in shares of iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF by 358.6% in the 1st quarter. Rhumbline Advisers now owns 743 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $190,000 after purchasing an additional 581 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp purchased a new stake in shares of iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $84,862,000. Sei Investments Co. lifted its stake in shares of iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF by 8.7% during the 2nd quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 182,224 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $52,093,000 after purchasing an additional 14,563 shares during the last quarter. Finally, The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company acquired a new position in shares of iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF during the second quarter worth $62,237,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 74.88% of the company’s stock.

iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF Stock Down 1.4%

Shares of iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF stock traded down $5.36 during trading on Tuesday, reaching $384.63. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 84,788 shares, compared to its average volume of 489,551. The company has a market cap of $15.00 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.86 and a beta of 1.18. iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF has a 1-year low of $280.35 and a 1-year high of $396.69. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $375.57 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $348.23.

About iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF

iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF (the Fund) is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Russell 2000 Growth Index (the Index). The Index measures the performance of the small-capitalization growth sector of the United States equity market. It is a subset of the Russell 2000 Index, which measures the performance of the small-capitalization sector of the United States equity market.