Kestra Advisory Services LLC Acquires 15,044 Shares of iShares Global Healthcare ETF $IXJ

Kestra Advisory Services LLC grew its holdings in shares of iShares Global Healthcare ETF (NYSEARCA:IXJ) by 283.0% in the first quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 20,359 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 15,044 shares during the period. Kestra Advisory Services LLC’s holdings in iShares Global Healthcare ETF were worth $1,904,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Fisher Asset Management LLC raised its stake in iShares Global Healthcare ETF by 8.0% in the 4th quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 8,032,598 shares of the company’s stock valued at $782,375,000 after acquiring an additional 592,677 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its position in iShares Global Healthcare ETF by 6.3% during the second quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 2,539,651 shares of the company’s stock worth $218,639,000 after purchasing an additional 150,774 shares during the period. Phoenix Financial Ltd. boosted its position in iShares Global Healthcare ETF by 77.2% during the fourth quarter. Phoenix Financial Ltd. now owns 2,124,780 shares of the company’s stock worth $206,954,000 after purchasing an additional 925,500 shares during the period. Ameriprise Financial Inc. increased its stake in shares of iShares Global Healthcare ETF by 5,522.5% in the second quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 915,169 shares of the company’s stock worth $78,789,000 after purchasing an additional 898,892 shares in the last quarter. Finally, UBS Group AG increased its stake in shares of iShares Global Healthcare ETF by 0.5% in the fourth quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 267,520 shares of the company’s stock worth $26,056,000 after purchasing an additional 1,321 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Global Healthcare ETF Price Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA IXJ opened at $98.12 on Tuesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.03 billion, a P/E ratio of 21.58 and a beta of 0.57. iShares Global Healthcare ETF has a one year low of $82.16 and a one year high of $102.20. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $96.00 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $96.44.

iShares Global Healthcare ETF Company Profile

iShares Global Healthcare ETF (the Fund), formerly iShares S&P Global Healthcare Sector Index Fund, is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the S&P Global 1200 Healthcare Sector Index (the Index). The Index measures the performance of companies that Standards & Poor’s Financial Services LLC (S&P) deems to be a part of the consumer staples sector of the economy. It is a subset of the S&P Global 1200 Index. Component companies include healthcare providers, biotechnology companies and manufacturers of medical supplies, advanced medical devices and pharmaceuticals.