D.B. Root & Company LLC Acquires 302 Shares of iShares Russell 2000 ETF $IWM

D.B. Root & Company LLC raised its stake in shares of iShares Russell 2000 ETF (NYSEARCA:IWM) by 21.1% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 1,734 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 302 shares during the period. D.B. Root & Company LLC’s holdings in iShares Russell 2000 ETF were worth $374,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. increased its position in iShares Russell 2000 ETF by 1,186.6% in the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 51,271,785 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $10,228,208,000 after buying an additional 47,286,837 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its holdings in iShares Russell 2000 ETF by 59.8% during the first quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 6,044,142 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,205,746,000 after purchasing an additional 2,262,696 shares in the last quarter. Canada Pension Plan Investment Board grew its position in iShares Russell 2000 ETF by 74.7% in the first quarter. Canada Pension Plan Investment Board now owns 3,010,000 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $600,465,000 after acquiring an additional 1,287,000 shares during the period. 59 North Capital Management LP grew its holdings in shares of iShares Russell 2000 ETF by 107.8% in the 1st quarter. 59 North Capital Management LP now owns 1,731,163 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $345,350,000 after purchasing an additional 898,067 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Alaska Permanent Fund Corp grew its stake in iShares Russell 2000 ETF by 286.9% during the first quarter. Alaska Permanent Fund Corp now owns 1,197,502 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $233,345,000 after buying an additional 887,984 shares during the last quarter.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF Price Performance

IWM stock opened at $245.83 on Monday. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $233.01 and a 200 day moving average price of $215.01. iShares Russell 2000 ETF has a fifty-two week low of $171.73 and a fifty-two week high of $248.09. The stock has a market capitalization of $70.91 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.69 and a beta of 1.15.

About iShares Russell 2000 ETF

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (the Fund) is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the Russell 2000 Index (the Index). The Index is a float-adjusted capitalization weighted index that measures the performance of the small-capitalization sector of the United States equity market and includes securities issued by the approximately 2,000 smallest issuers in the Russell 3000 Index.