Park Avenue Securities LLC Grows Stock Position in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF $IJR

Park Avenue Securities LLC raised its holdings in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA:IJR) by 7.0% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 138,972 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after buying an additional 9,148 shares during the quarter. Park Avenue Securities LLC’s holdings in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF were worth $16,514,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the stock. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC purchased a new stake in iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF in the second quarter valued at approximately $2,049,784,000. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 11,144.8% in the 2nd quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 13,728,611 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,500,400,000 after purchasing an additional 13,606,522 shares during the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. grew its stake in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 5.8% during the 2nd quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 41,302,922 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $4,513,996,000 after buying an additional 2,252,323 shares during the period. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC increased its holdings in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 1,175.2% during the 1st quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC now owns 1,912,735 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $200,015,000 after buying an additional 1,762,735 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Cerity Partners LLC raised its position in shares of iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF by 50.8% in the 2nd quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 3,754,934 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $410,377,000 after buying an additional 1,265,540 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 66.92% of the company’s stock.

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF Trading Up 1.5%

IJR stock opened at $124.72 on Wednesday. The company has a market cap of $91.35 billion, a PE ratio of 16.52 and a beta of 1.08. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $120.16 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $117.12. iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF has a 12-month low of $89.22 and a 12-month high of $125.84.

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF Company 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.