iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF $IUSV Stake Decreased by Blue Trust Inc.

Blue Trust Inc. lowered its stake in shares of iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF (NASDAQ:IUSV) by 3.7% in the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 4,275,724 shares of the company’s stock after selling 162,284 shares during the period. iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF comprises approximately 5.0% of Blue Trust Inc.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 7th biggest holding. Blue Trust Inc.’s holdings in iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF were worth $437,193,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Auto Owners Insurance Co increased its stake in shares of iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF by 15,983.5% during the 4th quarter. Auto Owners Insurance Co now owns 138,961,020 shares of the company’s stock worth $13,896,102,000 after purchasing an additional 138,097,020 shares during the last quarter. Bank of America Corp DE raised its holdings in shares of iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF by 3.9% in the 4th quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 83,401,630 shares of the company’s stock worth $8,552,003,000 after purchasing an additional 3,168,089 shares during the period. LPL Financial LLC lifted its stake in iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF by 3.6% in the fourth quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 16,406,531 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,682,326,000 after purchasing an additional 569,611 shares during the last quarter. Morgan Stanley lifted its stake in iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF by 7.0% in the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 9,720,751 shares of the company’s stock valued at $996,766,000 after purchasing an additional 639,948 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Signaturefd LLC grew its holdings in iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF by 1.9% during the fourth quarter. Signaturefd LLC now owns 4,573,759 shares of the company’s stock valued at $468,993,000 after purchasing an additional 84,650 shares during the period.

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

NASDAQ:IUSV opened at $109.76 on Thursday. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $108.85 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $105.94. iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF has a 1 year low of $93.07 and a 1 year high of $111.50. The company has a market capitalization of $25.98 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.41 and a beta of 0.83.

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

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

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.