Principal Financial Group Inc. Sells 9,317 Shares of iShares Russell 2000 ETF $IWM

Principal Financial Group Inc. lessened its holdings in iShares Russell 2000 ETF (NYSEARCA:IWM) by 38.6% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 14,830 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 9,317 shares during the quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc.’s holdings in iShares Russell 2000 ETF were worth $3,678,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Bank of America Corp DE lifted its holdings in iShares Russell 2000 ETF by 633.5% in the fourth quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 43,751,735 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $10,769,927,000 after buying an additional 51,952,453 shares during the period. Rafferty Asset Management LLC grew its stake in shares of iShares Russell 2000 ETF by 10.6% during the second 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 increased its holdings 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 increased its stake in shares of iShares Russell 2000 ETF by 112.9% in the 4th quarter. HRT Financial LP now owns 4,119,165 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,013,973,000 after acquiring an additional 2,184,265 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Durable Capital Partners LP increased its stake in iShares Russell 2000 ETF by 105.5% in the second quarter. Durable Capital Partners LP now owns 2,596,668 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $560,335,000 after purchasing an additional 1,333,316 shares in the last quarter.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF Stock Performance

IWM opened at $288.57 on Thursday. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $292.78 and its two-hundred day moving average is $273.81. The firm has a market cap of $78.36 billion, a PE ratio of 17.69 and a beta of 1.10. iShares Russell 2000 ETF has a twelve month low of $212.34 and a twelve month high of $302.72.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF Company 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.