Stephens Inc. AR Cuts Position in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF $IJR

Stephens Inc. AR decreased its stake in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:IJR) by 14.6% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 49,815 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 8,530 shares during the period. Stephens Inc. AR’s holdings in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF were worth $6,193,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in IJR. Bank of America Corp DE boosted its stake in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 6.0% during the 4th quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 33,605,423 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $4,038,700,000 after acquiring an additional 1,901,134 shares in the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Investment Management Company LLC increased its stake in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 35.0% in the 4th quarter. Northwestern Mutual Investment Management Company LLC now owns 6,236,257 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $749,473,000 after purchasing an additional 1,617,116 shares in the last quarter. Valpey Financial Services LLC increased its stake in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 12,132.4% in the 4th quarter. Valpey Financial Services LLC now owns 1,405,019 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $168,855,000 after purchasing an additional 1,393,533 shares in the last quarter. Nationwide Fund Advisors raised its holdings in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 98.8% during the fourth quarter. Nationwide Fund Advisors now owns 2,103,860 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $252,842,000 after purchasing an additional 1,045,425 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. raised its holdings in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 2.5% during the third quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 42,327,458 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $5,029,772,000 after purchasing an additional 1,024,536 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 66.92% of the company’s stock.

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF Stock Down 1.0%

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF stock opened at $145.39 on Wednesday. iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF has a 52 week low of $107.08 and a 52 week high of $149.35. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $140.22 and its 200 day simple moving average is $131.88. The firm has a market capitalization of $109.28 billion, a PE 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.