Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management Buys 5,214 Shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF $IJR

Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management lifted its position in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:IJR) by 4.1% during the first quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 131,622 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 5,214 shares during the period. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management’s holdings in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF were worth $16,362,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the company. Nvwm LLC bought a new stake in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Bank & Trust Co acquired a new stake in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF in the fourth quarter worth $30,000. Networth Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF during the fourth quarter worth $40,000. DecisionPoint Financial LLC boosted its position in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 61.7% during the fourth quarter. DecisionPoint Financial LLC now owns 346 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $42,000 after purchasing an additional 132 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Richardson Financial Services Inc. bought a new position in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF during the fourth quarter worth $42,000. 66.92% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF Stock Down 0.4%

Shares of IJR stock opened at $144.99 on Tuesday. iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF has a 12-month low of $107.08 and a 12-month high of $149.35. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $140.94 and a 200-day moving average of $132.51. The firm has a market capitalization of $108.97 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.52 and a beta of 1.01.

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.