iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF $ITA Shares Acquired by Stratos Wealth Partners LTD.

Stratos Wealth Partners LTD. boosted its position in iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF (BATS:ITA) by 96.2% during the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 60,218 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 29,523 shares during the quarter. Stratos Wealth Partners LTD.’s holdings in iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF were worth $12,601,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. AQR Capital Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $460,000. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. increased its holdings in iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF by 55.6% in the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 424,645 shares of the company’s stock valued at $65,013,000 after buying an additional 151,757 shares during the last quarter. Ignite Planners LLC raised its stake in iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF by 19.2% in the second quarter. Ignite Planners LLC now owns 26,687 shares of the company’s stock valued at $5,234,000 after buying an additional 4,300 shares in the last quarter. Blue Trust Inc. raised its stake in iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF by 11.0% in the second quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 929 shares of the company’s stock valued at $175,000 after buying an additional 92 shares in the last quarter. Finally, CWM LLC lifted its holdings in iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF by 3.2% during the 2nd quarter. CWM LLC now owns 27,850 shares of the company’s stock worth $5,254,000 after buying an additional 876 shares during the last quarter.

iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF Stock Performance

BATS:ITA opened at $230.95 on Thursday. iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF has a 1 year low of $129.14 and a 1 year high of $244.76. The stock has a market cap of $10.16 billion, a P/E ratio of 34.35 and a beta of 0.87. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $224.37 and a 200-day simple moving average of $210.97.

About iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF

iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF, formerly iShares Dow Jones U.S. Aerospace & Defense Index Fund (the Fund), is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Select Aerospace & Defense Index (the Index). The Index measures the performance of the aerospace and defense sector of the United States equity market. Aerospace companies include manufacturers, assemblers and distributors of aircraft and aircraft parts.