Rice Hall James & Associates LLC Buys 20,539 Shares of iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF $IWO

Rice Hall James & Associates LLC raised its stake in shares of iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:IWO) by 341.9% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 26,547 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 20,539 shares during the period. Rice Hall James & Associates LLC owned 0.07% of iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF worth $8,575,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in IWO. AQR Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF by 20.0% during the 1st quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 11,492 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,937,000 after purchasing an additional 1,918 shares during the last quarter. Rhumbline Advisers boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF by 358.6% during the 1st quarter. Rhumbline Advisers now owns 743 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $190,000 after purchasing an additional 581 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp bought a new position in shares of iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF during the 2nd quarter valued at about $84,862,000. Sei Investments Co. boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF by 8.7% during the 2nd quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 182,224 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $52,093,000 after purchasing an additional 14,563 shares during the last quarter. Finally, The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company bought a new position in shares of iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF during the 2nd quarter valued at about $62,237,000. Institutional investors own 74.88% of the company’s stock.

iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF Stock Up 1.5%

IWO opened at $386.17 on Tuesday. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $361.40 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $342.00. iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF has a 52 week low of $272.16 and a 52 week high of $389.22. The company has a market capitalization of $14.94 billion, a PE ratio of 21.86 and a beta of 1.19.

About iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF

iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF (the Fund) is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Russell 2000 Growth Index (the Index). The Index measures the performance of the small-capitalization growth sector of the United States equity market. It is a subset of the Russell 2000 Index, which measures the performance of the small-capitalization sector of the United States equity market.