Sarasin & Partners LLP Makes New $5.28 Million Investment in iShares Russell 2000 ETF $IWM

Sarasin & Partners LLP purchased a new stake in shares of iShares Russell 2000 ETF (NYSEARCA:IWM) in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor purchased 17,573 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $5,280,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the stock. Bank of America Corp DE grew its position in iShares Russell 2000 ETF by 633.5% during the 4th quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 43,751,735 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $10,769,927,000 after acquiring an additional 51,952,453 shares during the last quarter. Rafferty Asset Management LLC increased its stake in iShares Russell 2000 ETF by 10.6% in the 2nd quarter. Rafferty Asset Management LLC now owns 6,747,829 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,456,114,000 after purchasing an additional 648,801 shares during the period. Northern Trust Corp lifted its position in iShares Russell 2000 ETF by 3.2% in the fourth quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 4,252,572 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,046,813,000 after purchasing an additional 130,667 shares during the last quarter. HRT Financial LP lifted its position in iShares Russell 2000 ETF by 112.9% in the fourth quarter. HRT Financial LP now owns 4,119,165 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,013,973,000 after purchasing an additional 2,184,265 shares during the last quarter. Finally, PNC Financial Services Group Inc. boosted its stake in shares of iShares Russell 2000 ETF by 6.6% during the first quarter. PNC Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 3,187,467 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $790,492,000 after purchasing an additional 197,189 shares during the period.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF Stock Performance

NYSEARCA:IWM opened at $298.25 on Friday. iShares Russell 2000 ETF has a fifty-two week low of $218.51 and a fifty-two week high of $303.06. The firm has a market cap of $82.09 billion, a PE ratio of 17.69 and a beta of 1.11. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $293.86 and a 200-day moving average price of $275.23.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF Profile

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. The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index.