William John Sempolinski Invests $1.75 Million in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF $IJR

William John Sempolinski purchased a new stake in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:IJR) during the second quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm purchased 11,833 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $1,755,000.

Several other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. Livet Wealth LLC grew its position in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 1.2% during the 1st quarter. Livet Wealth LLC now owns 6,258 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $778,000 after purchasing an additional 75 shares in the last quarter. Pasadena Private Wealth LLC lifted its holdings in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 0.7% in the fourth quarter. Pasadena Private Wealth LLC now owns 10,543 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,267,000 after purchasing an additional 76 shares in the last quarter. Flavin Financial Services Inc. boosted its position in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 0.4% in the fourth quarter. Flavin Financial Services Inc. now owns 18,630 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $2,239,000 after buying an additional 78 shares during the period. Essential Partners LLC boosted its position in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 5.5% in the first quarter. Essential Partners LLC now owns 1,494 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $186,000 after buying an additional 78 shares during the period. Finally, First Trust Advisors LP grew its holdings in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 1.7% during the fourth quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 4,651 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $559,000 after buying an additional 78 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 66.92% of the company’s stock.

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF Trading Up 0.4%

Shares of IJR stock opened at $145.34 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $109.56 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.52 and a beta of 1.01. iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF has a 1-year low of $112.00 and a 1-year high of $150.69. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $146.61 and its 200-day simple moving average is $137.89.

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF Profile

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.