Sapient Capital LLC Has $7.17 Million Stake in iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF $IUSV

Sapient Capital LLC lowered its holdings in iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF (NASDAQ:IUSV) by 32.6% in the second quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 65,069 shares of the company’s stock after selling 31,460 shares during the quarter. Sapient Capital LLC’s holdings in iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF were worth $7,167,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in IUSV. AQR Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF by 20.7% in the 1st quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 10,047 shares of the company’s stock valued at $927,000 after acquiring an additional 1,725 shares in the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. raised its holdings in iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF by 50.5% during the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 564,215 shares of the company’s stock worth $52,071,000 after acquiring an additional 189,409 shares in the last quarter. Jane Street Group LLC boosted its position in iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF by 248.0% during the first quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 58,043 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,357,000 after purchasing an additional 41,366 shares during the last quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. boosted its position in iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF by 26.0% during the second quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 523 shares of the company’s stock valued at $49,000 after purchasing an additional 108 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Diversify Advisory Services LLC bought a new position in iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF in the second quarter valued at approximately $1,595,000.

iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF Price Performance

NASDAQ:IUSV opened at $114.29 on Monday. The firm has a market capitalization of $27.67 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.41 and a beta of 0.83. iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF has a twelve month low of $95.71 and a twelve month high of $114.69. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $111.22 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $107.81.

iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 18th. Investors of record on Monday, June 15th were paid a $0.4504 dividend. This is a boost from iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.39. This represents a $1.80 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.6%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 15th.

About iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF

The iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF (IUSV) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the S&P 900 Value index. The fund tracks an index of large- and mid-cap value stocks in the US. The index selects from stocks ranked 1-3000 by market-cap based on 3 value factors. IUSV was launched on Jul 24, 2000 and is managed by BlackRock.