Vericrest Private Wealth Purchases Shares of 33,032 iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF $IJR

Vericrest Private Wealth bought a new position in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:IJR) in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor bought 33,032 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $3,970,000. iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF makes up about 3.5% of Vericrest Private Wealth’s holdings, making the stock its 9th biggest holding.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of IJR. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 0.6% during the fourth quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 42,562,587 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $5,115,172,000 after acquiring an additional 235,129 shares during the period. Bank of America Corp DE increased its stake in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 6.0% during the fourth quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 33,605,423 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $4,038,700,000 after purchasing an additional 1,901,134 shares during the period. Morgan Stanley increased its stake in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 0.5% during the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 18,064,089 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,170,943,000 after purchasing an additional 86,538 shares during the period. LPL Financial LLC lifted its holdings in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 6.0% during the 4th quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 17,525,618 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,106,229,000 after purchasing an additional 992,984 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Raymond James Financial Inc. lifted its holdings in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 2.7% during the 4th quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 14,095,517 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,693,999,000 after purchasing an additional 366,136 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 66.92% of the company’s stock.

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF Price Performance

IJR opened at $143.21 on Friday. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $137.26 and a 200 day simple moving average of $129.83. iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF has a 1 year low of $105.15 and a 1 year high of $145.06. The company has a market capitalization of $106.93 billion, a PE ratio of 16.52 and a beta of 1.02.

About iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF

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. The Index serves as the underlying index for the S&P 600/Citigroup Growth and Value Index series. The component stocks are weighted according to the total float-adjusted market value of their outstanding shares.