Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management Purchases 147 Shares of iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:IVW)

Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management raised its position in shares of iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:IVW) by 1.4% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 10,773 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 147 shares during the period. Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management’s holdings in iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF were worth $809,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in IVW. Western Wealth Management LLC raised its stake in iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF by 2.8% during the 3rd quarter. Western Wealth Management LLC now owns 229,483 shares of the company’s stock valued at $15,701,000 after purchasing an additional 6,320 shares during the last quarter. TrueWealth Advisors LLC bought a new position in iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF during the 3rd quarter valued at about $204,000. Dfpg Investments LLC boosted its holdings in shares of iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF by 15.0% in the 4th quarter. Dfpg Investments LLC now owns 17,478 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,281,000 after acquiring an additional 2,277 shares in the last quarter. Northern Trust Corp grew its holdings in shares of iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF by 1.4% during the third quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 586,956 shares of the company’s stock worth $40,160,000 after purchasing an additional 8,195 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Financial Perspectives Inc grew its holdings in iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF by 2.5% during the 4th quarter. Financial Perspectives Inc now owns 90,929 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,829,000 after acquiring an additional 2,209 shares during the last quarter.

iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF Stock Performance

IVW traded down $0.07 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, reaching $84.41. The stock had a trading volume of 503,129 shares, compared to its average volume of 3,433,422. The stock has a market capitalization of $44.08 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.41 and a beta of 1.12. iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF has a 52 week low of $64.24 and a 52 week high of $85.56. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $83.18 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $77.77.

About iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF

iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF, formerly iShares S&P 500 Growth Index Fund (the Growth Fund), is an exchange-traded fund. The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the S&P 500/Citigroup Growth Index (the Growth Index). The Growth Index measures the performance of the large-capitalization growth sector of the United States equity market.