Ledyard National Bank Increases Stock Position in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:IJR)

Ledyard National Bank boosted its stake in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:IJR) by 4.5% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 7,467 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 320 shares during the quarter. Ledyard National Bank’s holdings in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF were worth $808,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Bank of New York Mellon Corp raised its position in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 7.5% during the 3rd quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 17,414,739 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,642,732,000 after buying an additional 1,214,523 shares in the last quarter. FMR LLC raised its position in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 0.6% in the 3rd quarter. FMR LLC now owns 13,473,730 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,270,977,000 after purchasing an additional 76,899 shares during the period. LPL Financial LLC raised its position in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 3.4% in the 3rd quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 11,422,572 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,077,491,000 after purchasing an additional 372,791 shares during the period. UBS Group AG raised its position in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 1.0% in the 3rd quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 9,777,243 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $922,287,000 after purchasing an additional 96,819 shares during the period. Finally, First Command Advisory Services Inc. raised its position in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 1.7% in the 4th quarter. First Command Advisory Services Inc. now owns 9,530,808 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,031,832,000 after purchasing an additional 157,269 shares during the period.

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF Price Performance

IJR stock traded down $1.07 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, reaching $105.34. The company had a trading volume of 1,000,811 shares, compared to its average volume of 4,296,845. The company has a market capitalization of $76.73 billion, a PE ratio of 12.80 and a beta of 1.18. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $106.72 and a 200 day moving average of $102.61. iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF has a 12 month low of $87.32 and a 12 month high of $111.16.

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF Company 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.